Falling Awaken Prime Minister Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim And His Wife's Loyalty, Wan Azizah

Anwar Ibrahim and his wife, Wan Azizah, their struggle in the political scene of Malaysia finally bore fruit. (Astro Awani)

JAKARTA - Raja Malaysia, Yang Dipertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, appointed Anwar Ibrahim as Prime Minister of Malaysia on November 24, 2022. All supporters are delighted, including Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Nurul Izzah, Anwar's wife and daughter.

Nurul shared the news of happiness on his Instagram account shortly after the news of the appointment. He uploaded a photo of his father looking back waving his right hand in the crowd.

In life in the world, we cannot be separated from expectations. When we lose we are suspected, when we win we are also suspected, wrote Nurul in the photo November 24.

"What is certain is that since 1998 until now it is our duty to stick to the boundaries of struggle demanding justice not for ourselves, but as a catalyst for protection for all," the Vice President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) continued.

Furthermore, challenges are still waiting. Efforts to unite the nation, examine economic problems, attract investment through economic stimulation are a priority.

Of course, without neglecting the potential for existing human resources, and continuing to build people and the nation based on true social and state justice.

"I love you, Papa. I'm always proud of Papa, even when Papa is imprisoned as a prisoner of conscience," he said.

The legislation that we leave behind for children and future generations is not wealth, rank, or money ringgit, but idealism and the principle of struggle that should not be sold. Make the future, our time together. Khayr, In sha Allah," Nurul closed his writing.

Anwar Ibrahim's struggle in Malaysia's political arena has indeed experienced ups and downs. He was once a golden son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He held a number of ministerial positions in the 1983 period until he was trusted to be deputy prime minister in 1993.

In fact, his performance and achievements as a public official made him predicted to be Mahathir's successor.

However, when the financial crisis hit in 1997, the relationship between the two began to strain. The man who was born on August 10, 1947, often has political views and policies with Mahathir.

Anwar even openly dared to criticize the culture of nepotism and chronicism within the body of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) which was considered the main cause of the rampant corruption and misuse of the state budget.

This critical attitude resulted in a commotion in the ruling coalition of parties forcing Mahathir to fire Anwar in 1998. In fact, political opponents who did not accept the criticism continued to try to thwart Anwar's political move to become Mahathir's successor by bringing up allegations of corruption and sexual scandals.

Anwar was increasingly cornered. Although he has repeatedly denied and conveyed this only to his political scenario, the court still sentenced him to guilt. Anwar was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption cases and nine years in prison for sexual scandals in the form of sodomy.

Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's loyalty made Anwar Ibrahim voice reform from behind bars never slack off. Shortly after the verdict, Wan Azizah decided to enter politics. He founded PKR, a party that was deliberately prepared as Anwar's vehicle when he was released.

Wan Azizah successfully entered parliament in 1999 through PKR. However, at the end of July 2008, she decided to step down to make way for her husband to enter parliament in August 2008.

Two years later, Anwar Ibrahim was again attacked by his political opponent on charges of sodomy. This allegation was dropped by the court in January 2012 because evidence in the form of DNA is doubtful. However, in the appeal court on February 10, 2015, Anwar was found guilty and had to return to prison for five years. For the second time Anwar's ambition was thwarted.

Wan Azizah did not give up. Knowing the situation, this mother of six took control of the party again and led the opposition movement against the government. In fact, Wan Azizah took a political step by inviting Mahathir who at that time had just left UMNO to form a coalition with PKR.

"At the moment I think we have to be realistic. Anwar is still in prison. We need someone who has the credibility and experience to lead us," Wan Azizah said.

"I would like to call on the people to provide support to allow him to improve the state's corruption due to the abuse and abuse of the UMNO-BN royal power under the leadership of Datuk Seri Najib Razak," Anwar wrote as read by Wan Azizah.

For Mahathir, cooperating with Anwar Ibrahim and PKR is a strategic step to boost support for him to be re-elected as prime minister at a very old age. Because, Anwar's popularity even though in prison is still quite large.

As for Anwar, the coalition is a political move to release him and reopen his chances of continuing the struggle.

Mahathir was successfully elected prime minister. According to an agreement among opposition parties, Wan Azizah was appointed as his deputy.

As prime minister, Mahathir indicated he would hand over power to Anwar within two years. He also fulfilled his promise to free Anwar from prison, by giving full forgiveness," BBC wrote.

The promise was fulfilled. However, in February 2020, Mahathir's unexpected resignation led to the collapse of the coalition, plunged Malaysia into an unprecedented period of political turmoil and once again made Anwar fail to get what he wanted.

After the new government collapsed, UMNO returned to power and Muhyiddin Yassin was appointed prime minister. At the height of the pandemic, Muhyiddin resigned after several months of being in a volatile condition, which saw him lose majority support in parliament.

Until 2022, the election results on November 19 did not get an absolute winner. The acquisition of parliamentary seats for each alliance has not crossed the 120-seat threshold.

The Harapan Pakatan Alliance led by Anwar Ibrahim only won 82 parliamentary seats. The National Alliance led by Muhyiddin Yassin also won only 73 seats in Malaysia's parliamentary election last weekend.

Meanwhile, the National Barisan Alliance led by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as well as the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), which previously dominated political forces, actually slumped. Only got 30 seats.

In order to break the deadlock, Malaysia's King Yang Dipertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah immediately held an emergency meeting with the kings of nine states on November 24. Through their authority, they agreed to appoint Anwar Ibrahim as Prime Minister of Malaysia.