Kuala Lampur, May 11 -- The PKR election nomination process has closed and we see the incumbent deputy president Rafizi Ramli being challenged by Nurul Izzah Anwar for the post. Immediately there was a lot of talk that there would be large-scale nepotism if Nurul Izzah secured the post of deputy president of PKR. The public is fast to jump to that perception.

In 2023 when Nurul Izzah was appointed as a senior adviser to the prime minister on economics and finance, there was a lot of public uproar over the appointment even though she accepted the position without any salary or allowances. The criticisms were made without any attempt by the public to understand and know the rationale behind the decision. Just because the prime minister is ...