Nik Nazmi’s cryptic post on X comes after a viral text message claimed that 11 MPs from the party are retracting their support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the PKR president.

“We resigned. We will not betray the party,” the Setiawangsa MP said.

Nik Nazmi, a two-term MP, resigned as the natural resources and environmental sustainability minister yesterday after failing to defend his PKR vice-presidency.

He also failed to defend his position as Setiawangsa PKR chief in the party’s divisional polls last month.

Rafizi also resigned as the economy minister yesterday after losing to Nurul Izzah Anwar in the race for the PKR deputy president’s post.

He said he was following the practice in countries that uphold democratic principles, where party leaders who lose in internal elections make way for those who have been given a new mandate.