Anwar Ibrahim has shot down claims that there is a move to replace him with senior Umno leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as the new Opposition Leader.<br /><br />Smiling as he responded to the question, Anwar pointed out that he had not heard anything to that effect from any of the other Pakatan Rakyat leaders.<br /><br />"I have not heard this from any PAS or DAP leaders... maybe its only from Bayan Baru," he quipped, referring to his once-close PKR ally and now Independent MP Zahrain Mohd Hashim.<br /><br />In an interview today, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail also dismissed the claim, pointing out that Razaleigh has never really been on the opposition's side.<br /><br />"Tengku Razaleigh has never been an opposition leader, he was in (Semangat) 46. Semangat 46 is a splinter of Umno. He has never been on the outside (and) then he went back (to Umno)," she said.<br /><br />"Some of the Semangat 46 members said that he never asked them (about returning to Umno), he just went back."<br /><br />Full story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/171757<br /><br />Camera: Amir Abdullah/Tan Jiun Wuu<br /><br />Editing: Tan Jiun Wuu
