Datuk Seri Anwar Ibarhim has withdrawn his candidacy for the post of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president, allowing his wife and incumbent Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to retain the post uncontested.
According to The Malay Mail Online, PKR election committee chief Datuk Johari Abdul announced the Pakatan Rakyat leader officially wrote in to his committee to pull out of the race last week, but did not state a reason in his one-page letter.
“Finally we know, especially after what happened over the last few days, with Karpal Singh’s death and the intensity of the court case he is going through, and on the advice of several legal teams to concentrate on his case,” Johari said at a press conference in Petaling Jaya.
