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You can’t please everyone, says Nurul Izzah

Nurul Izzah Anwar brushes off criticism over her GE15 defeat, PKR deputy president election, and leave of absence from the position.

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You can’t please everyone, says Nurul Izzah

Former Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, who recently became PKR's deputy president, has spoken out about the criticism she has faced since her defeat in the 2022 general election. Nurul Izzah acknowledged that some people found her losing her family seat of Permatang Pauh in GE15 to be unacceptable, while others were unhappy with her election as PKR deputy president last year.

She also mentioned that there were those who were not pleased with her decision to step down from the deputy presidency in 2026. Nurul Izzah, a former three-term MP, lost the Permatang Pauh seat to PAS’s Fawwaz Jan, who won with a substantial majority of 5,272 votes. Permatang Pauh had been a cherished "family seat" for PKR president Anwar Ibrahim and his family since 1982.

Nurul Izzah was appointed PKR deputy president last May, succeeding Rafizi Ramli, who subsequently formed Bersatu with former PKR vice-president Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Last week, PKR announced that Nurul Izzah would take a temporary break from her duties as PKR deputy president following the party's congress this weekend, and she later revealed that she had chosen to relinquish the position to further her studies.

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