Plan backfired: Can Anwar rise against the latest political hurdle? In an ironic plot twist, Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is now facing a no-confidence challenge after Budget 2021 was successfully passed in Parliament. “WHO else can be Opposition leader? You tell me, ” an opposition MP asked when we were discussing PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership of the Opposition bloc. It was a day after the Opposition lost its bid to defeat Budget 2021. The Bill was passed when 111 Perikatan Nasional government MPs voted for it, 108 Opposition MPs against it, and one ...