He regards the supporters as friends who fought together to win the 14th general election and there is now a need to translate this spirit for the benefit of the rakyat.

“Do I support the prime minister (Dr Mahathir Mohamad) now? Yes, so that the situation is peaceful and changes happen in a good way. But on matters which bring benefits to the people, we still have to voice out,” he said.

Anwar was speaking at the Pahang PKR convention at Dewan Dato’ Zaharuddin Abu Kassim in Kampung Peragap, Kerdau, here last night. Also present was state PKR chief Fuziah Salleh, who is a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.

Anwar said that in the course of his struggle for the people, he frequently raised the issue of poverty because this matter needed to be addressed, regardless of race, religion, sex or geographical location.

The issue of poverty was also related to the PH election promise to reduce the cost of living of the people, he said.