Malaysia Ruling Party Members Lash Out at Anwar Over Sex Video Comments
- Anwar said Minister Azmin should resign if sex videos are true
- Statements shows division over support for Anwar’s succession
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Senior members of Malaysia’s ruling People’s Justice Party called on leader Anwar Ibrahim to stop making “divisive statements,” the clearest sign yet of divisions over whether he should succeed Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister.
The statement, signed by 23 of 64 members of the party’s supreme council, comes after Anwar called on his deputy, Minister of Economy Affairs Azmin Ali, to resign if sex videos allegedly featuring him are proven to be true. The note was also backed by five other members of parliament.