I don't mind being called a puppet - Dr Wan Azizah

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who has been thrust into the limelight recently over the Selangor Menteri Besar issue said she does not mind being called a puppet, the New Straits Times reported.

Dr Wan Azizah also said that she will appoint her husband, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the party’s de facto leader as her advisor and consultant, should she succeed becoming the Selangor’s MB.

“We strategised the Kajang Move to make Anwar an assemblyman and later, the menteri besar but this was thwarted by the Barisan Nasional-led Federal government,” she was quoted telling party members in Klang, Selangor last night.

“As the Selangor MB post was always for Anwar in the first place, I would not hesitate to call on him as my consultant and advisor when I become the MB,” she was quoted.

Dr Wan Azizah said Anwar has all the experience to guide and advise her as he was once appointed by Qatar as its economic advisor, the daily said.

Recently, PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced the Opposition Pact Leader-ship Council had accepted PKR's proposal to replace Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and to nomi-nate Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to fill the post.

However, PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat had thrown their support behind Abdul Khalid and want him to remain as the MB.