He said his revelation of a split in the party only boiled down to differences in opinion.
The PKR vice-president also said he was merely voicing out the concerns of the grassroots in the party and Pakatan Harapan (PH) with regard to cooperating with PAS, adding that he shared similar sentiments.
“The other side explained why they supported cooperation with PAS, which is to avoid three-cornered fights in the coming general election.
“We explained why we were against it.
“But unlike Umno and PAS, in PKR we are allowed to have differing views and to voice them out.
“Should we succeed in forming a government, we will still have differing views, something we can voice out in PKR, unlike other parties,” he said in a live Facebook telecast today.
The Pandan MP was earlier asked why there was an effort to topple Azmin, who is also the Selangor menteri besar, despite the fact that Selangor was apparently doing well under his stewardship.
Yesterday, Rafizi exposed a split in the top leadership of PKR, saying members of its powerful political bureau were often at loggerheads while decisions made, were not respected.
The bureau, he noted, sank into disarray after de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim was jailed in February 2015.
“Even if the political bureau has achieved agreement on something, a certain dissatisfied member will not respect the decision and will raise the issue again at the next meeting in a bid to seek a change,” Rafizi was quoted as saying.
He cited two examples of how senior PKR leaders disregarded the decisions of the political bureau.
In one instance, during the Sarawak state election in May last year, the agreement on seat allocations among member parties of PH, which had been signed by Azmin, was ignored.
Then, during the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections last year, Rafizi said PKR dragged its feet in assisting the Amanah candidates.
Rafizi’s assertions come in the wake of Azmin’s continued attempts to woo PAS in a bid to defeat the Barisan Nasional in the 14th general election.
The Islamist party has since shot down any chance of cooperation and even declared that it would contest against Azmin and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in their constituencies.
The PH presidential council, earlier this week, decided against having any further talks about seats with PAS.
On a related matter, Rafizi claimed that a majority of voters did not trust PAS as it had adopted a softer stance when dealing with Umno, including when it came to the 1MDB controversy.
“It’s like they are playing with both sides. If BN wins, they’ll get something and if PH wins they will also get something.”