Boycott Pkr In Ge16 Greets Nurul Izzah S Victory Grassroots Foresee Rot From Prevalent Family Ties

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WHAT an anti-climax!
Instead of being jubilant, many Reformasi diehards who have been vital lynchpins to PKR’s very existence have vowed to disassociate themselves from the party which they claimed have switched to self-destruction mode following Nurul Izzah Anwar’s victory against incumbent Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli in the PKR deputy presidency race.
This came about as Malaysiakini broke the news citing party election committee chairperson Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa as having announced that Nurul Izzah has toppled the Economy Minister with 9,803 votes.

Although Dr Zaliha did not state the number of votes polled by Rafizi, it was revealed in the party’s Borang Keputusan (Borang 14) that the Pandan MP garnered only 3,866 votes which means the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won by an overwhelming majority of 5,937 votes or 60.6% margin.
Sarcasm of sorts filled the news portal’s comments section with the most popular being “hopefully later, Nurul Izzah’s other sisters will contest for the party’s vice-presidency”.
Another insinuated that her younger siblings may even vie for head of PKR’s youth wing or even PMX’s son-in-law (Nurul Izzah’s husband) as a member of the party’s Central Leadership Council (MPP).

On a more serious note, many anticipated the party to languish from nepotism, hence wanting to disassociate themselves from PKR come the 16th General Election (GE16).
Boycotting the party or abstain from voting in GE16 which means turning their back to the PKR-led Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition would point to PMX being a one-term premier, insinuated one disgruntled grassroot member.

One commenter expressed disbelief at how PMX used to hit out at twice former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for promoting his son Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir as his successor yet he (PMX) himself is doing the exact same thing now.
Another contended that it has become clear why prominent leaders like Datuk Ezam Mohd Nor (a founding PJR member) or Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (former deputy president) eventually left the party to join the opposition while one is bracing for PKR/ruling PH coalition to come under fire from their own supporters.
“There’s no need to await the official results for the writing was already on the wall … I wish PH a happy return to being an opposition … confirm you shall be a flop in GE16; you’ve lost my vote,” fumed one supposedly staunch PKR backer.

While it may be too soon to gauge the anticipated devastation, one ‘overseas-stationed’ commenter summed up that his entire family members who are still residing in Malaysia will no longer vote for Nurul Izzah, her father, her mother “or the party now gasping under the weight of your entitlement!” 

- focus malaysia

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