Nurul Izzah challenges Nong Chik to a debate

(The Star) – Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar has issued a debate challenge to Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin over who is the better choice for voters in the constituency.

In a letter delivered to the minister’s office here, the PKR vice-president said it was in the interest of democratic practice that they had a frank and open debate regarding various claims and allegations by both sides.

“If we intend to get to the bottom of issues in the parliamentary constituency of Lembah Pantai, then he should accept the invitation,” said Abdullah Izhar Mohd Yusof, the director of the Complaints and Community Bureau under Nurul Izzah’s office.

The MP’s political secretary, Fahmi Fadzil, added that a public debate would give voters a better picture of what they expected of their leaders.

“This is a practice in many democratic countries in the world,” he said.

According to the letter, Nurul Izzah is proposing that the moderator be an academic who is accepted by both sides and that the debate focus on issues related to the Lembah Pantai constituency, Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia.