PETALING JAYA: Kuala Langat MP Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar says that he is leaving PKR with immediate effect, resigning as both a member and as a party vice-president. Our current priority should be to support the government in containing the Covid-19 pandemic, to create jobs and secure funds to rebuild the economy," said Dr Xavier. Towards this, we need to work together and not against one another," said Dr Xavier. With Dr Xavier’s departure from PKR, party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has lost one more trusted lieutenant from the party. Dr Xavier was one of the party’s pioneer members who ventured into politics in 1998 after Anwar was sacked as deputy prime minister by the then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.

Source: The Star March 13, 2021 02:22 UTC