Analysts: PKR in deep crisis due to rifts


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 20 Jul 2019

Show of support: PKR state chiefs (from left) Amran Kamarudin (Perlis), Zahir Hassan (Federal Territories), Datuk Johari Abdul (Kedah), Azan Ismail (Terengganu), Datuk Seri Mohamad Supardi Md Noor (Kelantan) and Halim Bachik (Melaka) with signed copies of their statement after a meeting at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: The turmoil in PKR over the past two days is a clear sign that the party is now in deep crisis from rival factions aligned to president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his deputy Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.

Political analyst and Universiti Sains Malaysia social science lecturer Prof Dr Sivamurugan Pandian said this could be seen from three recent incidents.

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