In remarks that come a day after Nurul Izzah Anwar voiced unhappiness over political developments, the prime minister said he had no issue with people expressing disappointment with his administration as the feeling was mutual.

“It doesn’t matter if many are disappointed because I am just as disappointed with them,” Utusan Malaysia quoted him as saying.

In an interview with the Sunday Times of Singapore, Nurul Izzah lamented the lack of a clear-cut narrative to strengthen the middle ground, and her disappointment over former Umno MPs being accepted into Pakatan Harapan.

Describing the last year as “turbulent and tumultuous”, she said it was not easy having to work with Mahathir, whom she described as a former dictator who had “wreaked so much damage, not just on our lives but the system”.

Nurul Izzah, MP for Permatang Pauh, is the daughter of PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed during Mahathir’s first stint as the prime minister for alleged corrupt practices.

Nurul Izzah has since come under fire from PPBM leaders for her remarks.

On resignation of opposition MPs from PAC

On a separate matter, Mahathir played down the decision by three opposition MPs to resign as Public Accounts Committee members over the government’s decision to retain Ronald Kiandee as the chairman.

“If they want to resign, let them, it’s their business,” Mahathir, who is also the PH chairman, said.

Earlier today, Noraini Ahmad (BN-Parit Sulong), Ahmad Hamzah (BN-Jasin) and Takiyuddin Hassan (PAS-Kota Bharu) quit PAC on the ground that the government was refusing to appoint an opposition MP as chairman of the committee.

Parliamentary opposition leader Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Barisan Nasional had proposed Noraini as the PAC chairman on March 1 after Kiandee defected to PPBM from Umno.