‘Was there an invitation?’ Anwar questions Azmin’s claim he was invited back to PKR

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — In a recent development, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim questioned whether former deputy president of the People’s Justice Party (PKR), Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, was among the leaders and reformists he had invited to rejoin the party. Speaking at the National Innovation and Commercialisation Expo (Nice 2026) launch at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Anwar stated, "Was there an invitation?

I was not informed," when asked about Azmin's decision not to rejoin PKR after his recent call for veterans of the Reformasi movement to return to the party. Azmin, who left PKR in 2020 amid the political crisis that led to the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government, reportedly had no intention of returning to the party. Following his departure, Anwar, who is also the PKR president, expressed openness towards former leaders and reformists wishing to contribute to the party's reform agenda.