KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 – Nurul Izzah Anwar said tonight that she will only decide whether to contest for the PKR deputy presidency this Sunday after consulting with “party elders”.PKR deputy presidential candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim announced today that he would withdraw from the race for the party’s No. 2 post if the Lembah Pantai MP joins the contest.
Zaid said that he understood that the Lembah Pantai MP could be a contender for the deputy presidency as she had garnered enough nominations.
“I have been made to understand that Nurul Izzah will contest the deputy presidency as she has enough nominations. I am ready to withdraw and help her in this contest,” he said.
Nurul Izzah (picture) told The Malaysian Insider today that she needed to consult party leaders and members before making any decision.
“All this is news to me. I need to consult the ground as well as party elders before making my official statement,” she said in a text message.
Nurul Izzah is currently in the running for the vice-president post with 26 other qualified candidates.
The eldest daughter of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail had defended her bid for the vice-presidency and stressed that she did not plan to continue a family dynasty.
Instead she expressed hopes to pursue her own ideals, which were separate from either of her parents.
Nurul Izzah was popularly called “Puteri Reformasi” after her father was sacked, arrested and later convicted for corruption and sodomy in 1998, successfully parlaying her popularity to win the Lembah Pantai seat in Election 2008.
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