Nurul Izzah Renews Call For Anwar-Najib Debate

By Melissa Chi

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Nurul Izzah Anwar once again challenged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to debate policies outlined in Pakatan Rakyat’s Orange Book with her father, Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The PKR vice-president made the statement today while addressing Umno’s denial that it was behind a recent sex tape scandal implicating Anwar.

“Indeed, if these claims have any basis, the acid test is for the Umno MPs to urge their president to agree to a public policy debate between the leader of Pakatan Rakyat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“This will reveal Datuk Seri Najib Razak as either a true political warrior or merely a political pirate like some of his predecessors who continue to fire salvos from the sidelines,” she said.

Anwar, the 63-year old political veteran, has charged that top Umno leaders had masterminded the sex tape scandal in a bid to bury his political career.

Earlier today, Umno supreme council member Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan stressed that attacks on Anwar have always been about his and PR’s policies, and that Umno would never stoop so low.

The video hit media headlines on Monday when a mysterious “Datuk T” invited selected media personnel to Carcosa Seri Negara to view the recording.

The trio of Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay, and Perkasa treasurer and former Umno senator Datuk Shuib Lazim have since been unmasked as “Datuk T”.

Today, Nurul Izzah also issued a challenge to the Sarawak chief minister to debate with PKR Sarawak’s chief, in light of the Sarawak election next month.

“In the same spirit, I repeat Keadilan’s calls for the current chief minister of Sarawak Pehin Seri Taib Mahmud to accept the invitation to a public policy debate with Baru Bian, the PKR Sarawak chief.

“Let us see if Umno and the other Barisan Nasional component parties dare to accept this challenge, for it will reveal if they are truly for a Malaysian politics that is about the contestation of ideas and policies, or if they are really for character assassinations and political piracy,” Nurul Izzah said.

credit to : Yahoo News