Anwar has to be toppled and Nurul Izzah is the one that will have to do it.
It might not even be Anwar's fault as to why he has to be toppled. Even if personally, Anwar did not do anything wrong to require him to be toppled, he needs to be toppled anyway, because the forces of history is demanding that he is toppled.
The dinosaurs also did not do anything personally wrong to be forced into extinction, but when the forces of history demanded that they become extinct, they had to go even if they did nothing wrong.
If Anwar himself had done anything in precipitating his downfall, it is probably in being too efficient in eliminating his political opponents.
If Daim was still around or Mahathir is not so incapacitated or even if Muhyiddin was still a factor, maybe the rakyat could have accepted Anwar's reign, by telling ourselves that we have to accept his rule, because even if he falls, it will only be another old timer who will replace him.
But considering that all other old timers who used to be Anwar's opponent are now either dead, incapacitated or disposed, we can't help but wonder why is it that Anwar still around? Why are we still stuck with him, when all his peers are gone ?
Actor Kamalhaasan, who for decades competed with superstar Rajinikanth to win at the Tamil cinema box office once said, that when Rajinikanth told him that he wishes to retire from cinema, instead of being happy that Rajni was quitting, he became anxious and terrified. "No you mustn't leave," Kamal pleaded with his rival Rajni, "because once you are gone, the people are going to forget me and expect me to leave too, " he said.
Kamal was a wise man. He knew that his value depended on his competition with his greatest rival, and thus never tried to remove his rival, just because he wanted to win at the box office collection. That is why Kamal and Rajni are still at the top of their game, even today.
Had Anwar the same foresight, he would have at least done more to keep Muhyiddin at helm of the opposition, so that at least his competition with Muhyiddin would have maintained his relevance in the public's eyes.
Other than because he is the last of his generation, Anwar also has to go because anti-boomer movement is a global sentiment. From Bangladesh to Sri Lanka to Madagascar to Nepal to Morocco to even neighboring Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand, the youths are getting more and more agitated at the boomers, so much so that the Gen-Z in many countries are rioting to throw out the boomers who are refusing to go, even when they have become a burden to their people and country.
If Nurul's generation - which includes other politicians like Khairy or Rafizi or Dr Sam - do not remove the leadership of the boomers in their party, the younger Gen-Z generation might become so agitated , that there is a chance that what happened in IBangladesh or ndonesia or Nepal or Sri Lanka might occur in our country too, in the not too distant future.
The problem with the boomers is that their values and principles are something that the younger generation find anathematic to their being.
Heck, not only the younger generation , I will go on a limb to say that even Nurul herself probably find the values and principles of Anwar to be anathematic to her person too.
I honestly feel that when her father tells her : "you should do this or do that, this is what is right and this is what is wrong, this is what is good and that is what is bad, " something inside Nurul herself might scream: " Nooo...I can't follow your advice, because if I follow it, I feel so fake and I am going to hate myself."
Now if Nurul believes that it might be her shortcomings and faults as a person that is making her to be unable to follow what her father believes to be right and wrong, let me assuage her guilt by saying that no, its not her, it is him.
Everybody that is a generation younger than her father's generation are unable to follow what Anwar's generation believes is right or wrong, true or false, good or bad.
To the younger generation, the values and principles of Anwar's generation, is either unfit for the present times or is wrecking havoc in the world.
No youth today understands what boomers like Trump mean by freedom or peace anymore than we understand what a boomer like Anwar means by reform or justice. To the younger generation, what these boomers mean by freedom or peace, justice or reform, often just looks like humiliation and war, injustice and corruption.
If Nurul wants to know what happens to someone from the younger generation who understands her father, all she has to do is look at Farhash and Ramanan.
If Nurul wants people to view her as how they view Farhash and Ramanan, then by all means, go ahead , listen to Anwar.
If Anwar's contemporaries like Muhyiddin or Daim or Mahathir were still active, while there was no one from the younger generation who are in place to replace them , then probably the younger generation could still be persuaded to be patient with Anwar's rule for another another 5 or 10 years.
But seeing that Khairy has taken position in Umno, while Dr Sam has taken position in PN, and Rafizi also will be taking position in June by starting his own party, the youths in our country are not going to wait for another 5 or 10 years.
They are going to move now , to remove the boomers and usher in the rule of a new generation, whose principles and values are more in line with what they believe in.
The only major party in the country that has not made this generational shift is PKR.
It has not, because Nurul Izzah has not moved to make the shift.
The one that has to spearhead this generational shift in PKR is obviously Nurul, because she is the number 2 in PKR.
She can try to talk to Anwar to step down on his own , but I will bet my last ringgit that he is not going to go, even if the skies part and the voice of god itself speaks and tells him to leave.
Judging from what we know from the boomer principles and values through the example of Mahathir and Muhyiddin, we can clearly see that boomers believe that it is a cardinal sin to step down once they reach the top.
Hadi even said that even if he is sick and old, he still wants to be at the top of PAS until he dies.
Mahathir clearly couldn't leave the top position even after he resigned in 2003 and 2020.
On the face of it, he looked like he stepped down in 2003, but in reality, he didn't. People like Najib and Pak Lah who genuinely thought he had stepped down were punished gravely for their mistaken assumption. Mahathir even returned in 2018 to prove that he never really stepped down, and the only time he truly stepped down was probably in 2020, when he was toppled. Even after he was toppled and despite being almost a 100 years old, he is still trying to get back to to the top. Even today, when he can no longer feel his legs, I bet he will return again as the PM if he could.
Muhyiddin just recently decided to break his party Bersatu rather than let Hamzah take over, even when it was clear that he had lost the confidence of his party members and allies.
Judging by their standard, I doubt that wild horses will be able to drag Anwar away from the position of prime minister or president of PKR.
So in conclusion, judging by how the anti-boomer youth movement is going to peak with Rafizi, Khairy and Dr Sam already taken their place , I am quite sure that Nurul will be facing increasing pressure by the youths who are supportive of PKR and PH, to topple her father, and get with the program too.
If she can't bring herself to do it, then the alternative is to step down form her position and let Rafizi take charge, before he decides to start his own party in June.
The ball is in your court, Nurul.
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