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KUALA LUMPUR • The president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday stood by his daughter's move this week to quit all party and government posts, saying MP Nurul Izzah Anwar was tired of the political games she saw in the last nine months.
Mr Anwar, the prime-minister-in-waiting in the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH), said Ms Nurul was "sick and tired of the deception and machinations of those who are far more interested in playing politics instead of focusing on helping the rakyat (people) they purport to serve."
Ms Nurul, 38, retained her PKR vice-presidency by a huge margin in its internal polls last month.
She shocked many Malaysians by resigning from all party and government posts this week, without detailing her reasons.
She was also head of PKR in her home state of Penang and chairman of the government's Technical and Vocational Education Training Empowerment Committee.
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