Anwar demands debate with Najib once more

Anwar making exchanges with Pakatan Rakyat true as he leaves during a finish of a 3rd Pakatan Rakyat Convention in Alor Setar. Picture by Jack Ooi

ALOR STAR, Jan 14 Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has once again challenged a budding minister to debate him publicly over national policies as well as a countrys direction.

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leader said an open debate between himself as well as Datuk Seri Najib Razak would let electorate confirm for themselves if a antithesis pacts policies had merit.

The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition has criticised PRs pick policies as populist as well as mere rhetoric.

Its not Datuk Seri Najib who should confirm if [PR policies] amount to tongue or have been populist, conjunction a leadership of Pakatan Rakyat.

I repeat my ask for an open debate between myself as well as Datuk Seri Najib on a nations policies, he told a PR convention today.

This is a third such challenge issued by PKR de facto leader to Najib, who has so far declined to go head-to-head with a former emissary budding minister.