02-03-2023, 07:27 AM
Nurul Izzah: between optics and strategy – Terence Fernandez
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MUCH has been said and written about the appointment of Nurul Izzah Anwar as senior adviser on finance and economics to her father Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The optics have not been good on this one and the prime minister has been on the defensive to justify her appointment.
Among the criticisms is that Nurul Izzah was not even able to hold the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh which she lost to PAS in the last general election.
More pressingly, she is not known for her economic ideas as much as those she has on education.
For instance, she has been a champion of technical and vocational education training, so one assumes there would not be such an uproar if she was appointed special adviser to Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek.
The perception is that Fadhlina has been punching above her weight and needs all the help she can get.
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The optics have not been good on this one and the prime minister has been on the defensive to justify her appointment.
Among the criticisms is that Nurul Izzah was not even able to hold the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh which she lost to PAS in the last general election.
More pressingly, she is not known for her economic ideas as much as those she has on education.
For instance, she has been a champion of technical and vocational education training, so one assumes there would not be such an uproar if she was appointed special adviser to Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek.
The perception is that Fadhlina has been punching above her weight and needs all the help she can get.
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