GEORGE TOWN: PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should contest the president post in the party elections to be held next month.
Deputy PKR Youth chief Dr Afif Bahardin said this would serve as a preparation for him to take over as the next Prime Minister, if he is indeed the candidate to succeed Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“As a party under the ruling government, we must make necessary preparations for the future. If (Datuk Seri) Anwar is the candidate (as the next Prime Minister), then it is a must for him to contest for the PKR president’s post.
“I believe this will be supported by PKR members. This will activate his comeback to the party,” he told a press conference here today.
He was met after the Penang Parkinson Disease Update 2018 course at the Penang Hospital here.
The party elections will be held by the end of August while the nomination for the candidacy will be held on July 29.
It was reported that candidates looking to contest in the polls had to pay as much as RM25,000 for the top posts and RM3,000 for positions at the branch level.
Rumour has it that Dr Afif might be eyeing the vice-president post, but he denied when prodded on the matter.
“I have not made up my mind which post to contest,” he added.