Azmin: I won’t be another Zul
(Free Malaysia Today) – Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice president Azmin Ali says he’s not going to be another Zulkifli Noordin, the recalcitrant MP for Kulim, and upset the apple cart for his own party and the Pakatan Rakyat for the benefit of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Umno-BN coalition.
Of late, Azmin has been the target of the Umno-controlled media, which has been trying to pit him against PKR colleague Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim.
And the reason – to foment negative publicity for the Pakatan state government and pave the way for Umno to retake Selangor, the country’s richest state.
“The issue of rivalry between myself and Tan Sri Khalid is a nonsensical notion spread by bankrupt politicians like Khir Toyo ( the former Umno chief minister of Selangor),” Azmin said in an interview with Harakahdaily ‘s Wong Choon Mei.
“Let me make it clear right now. I give my full support to Tan Sri Khalid. I have always believed he can do the job and I am happy with his leadership. I will continue to support him in the state government through my role as the leader of the Selangor bankbenchers.”
The 46-year old Azmin is a pioneer member of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Reformasi movement. His boyish good looks belie his age, but those close to him rate him as being one of the shrewdest political brains in the party.
