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Nurul Izzah steps back from PKR deputy role, stirring leadership doubts

The People’s Justice Party is presenting the move as a temporary break, but it has highlighted new strains inside the ruling bloc.

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Nurul Izzah Anwar, the daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, has stepped back from the deputy presidency of the ruling People’s Justice Party, PKR, according to SCMP Economy.

The decision is renewing questions about Anwar’s ability to keep together the political movement he built after a difficult period marked by electoral setbacks and defections by former allies.

PKR leadership has sought to characterize Nurul Izzah’s move not as a resignation but as a temporary break, a framing that, SCMP Economy says, underscores continuing internal pressures.

SCMP Economy framed the key issue as whether PKR can develop and retain credible leaders around Anwar without long term relationships within the party turning adversarial.

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