'Who's next after Anwar?' Zaliha urges PKR to prepare future leaders
AYER KEROH: PKR must begin preparing a new generation of leaders capable of succeeding Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and eventually leading the country, party vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa said today.
Zaliha Mustafa, PKR's vice-president, urged the party to start preparing future leaders to succeed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the future, according to her speech at the 2026 PKR National Congress. She emphasized that the party should not wait for Anwar's decision to step down before identifying a successor. In the early years of PKR's struggle, their main objective was to ensure Anwar became prime minister, but now that Anwar is already in Putrajaya, Zaliha asked the pertinent question: who will lead the country after him?
She stated that PKR, as a mature party, must begin thinking about its future leadership. The party should limit a prime minister's tenure to 10 years and start identifying potential leaders now, providing them with training, exposure, and responsibilities. Zaliha emphasized that the question of who comes after Anwar is about building a generation of reformist leaders who are clean, competent, courageous, knowledgeable about the economy and the people's concerns, and ready to lead Malaysia.
She added that leadership development should have begun much earlier but it's not too late to start now.
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