Anwar: PKR reluctant to accept Umno defectors, reform the priority


KUALA LUMPUR: PKR shut its doors to former Umno members intending to cross over because it wants to maintain the principles of its struggles for the reform agenda, says party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. 

Anwar acknowledged that PKR had been approached by several former Umno members, but said he decided to "delay" their plans to join as members because Pakatan Harapan already has a good majority in the Parliament. 

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