Rafizi hints at sitting out GE16, leaving PKR

Rafizi hints at sitting out GE16, leaving PKR

PETALING JAYA: Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli has hinted at leaving PKR after the end of this parliamentary term and not contesting in the next general election (GE16).

The two-term MP said he did not want to be a part of the political culture that was reflected during PKR’s elections in May, when he lost the party’s deputy presidency to Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Rafizi also expressed pessimism as to the party’s ability to get rid of that culture, though he did not specify what culture exactly.

When asked about his next move should he be dropped as PKR’s candidate in Pandan in GE16, he replied: “I didn’t even say that I will even contest in the next (general) election.”

“I don’t have any intention to participate in GE16 (yet) … I actually haven’t made a decision whether to contest in the next general election or not,” he said on his Yang Berhenti Menteri podcast.

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Nonetheless, the PKR deputy president said he cannot leave the party yet as the people of Pandan had given him the mandate to be their MP.

“It’s like love, there are good times and not so good times. But when we’ve reached a stage where you feel you’ve changed, I feel I’ve changed, and we’re no longer compatible, it would be better for both of us to move on.

“But that doesn’t mean forgetting all the good things that happened in the past 27 years. The party is not owned by those who won (party posts) recently. It involves everyone, those who have been involved since 1998.

“If I can change (the culture), great. But I don’t think I can. So if we’ve reached that stage, we should both move on,” said Rafizi.