KUALA LUMPUR: PKR has reiterated that it will not accept former Umno members into its fold as there are reservations over whether they could carry out the reform agenda. Deputy Prime Minister and PKR advisory council chairman Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the people voted for a change of government as they wanted reforms. “The people voted for a change of government as they wanted reform and that is the basis for whatever we want to consider,” she told reporters outside Dewan Negara yesterday. Earlier, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was reported as saying that PKR had shut its doors to former Umno members who were planning to come on board. The PKR president said this was because the party wanted to maintain the principles of its struggles for the reform agenda.

Source: The Star December 17, 2018 20:15 UTC