Is Rafizi Ramli now the conscience of Malaysia’s Reformasi movement?

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is facing internal power struggles within his administration, particularly from long-time lieutenant Rafizi Ramli. At the halfway point of his term, Rafizi has seized the banner of reform and clean government, a cause once associated with him but now being championed by Anwar himself. Rafizi emerged as a vocal critic after losing the party's deputy presidency to Anwar's daughter Nurul Izzah in May last year. He quit the cabinet, citing a lack of mandate to push reforms within the government. With the next general election looming by February 2028, both the governing coalition and opposition face internal challenges, leaving swathes of the electorate unconvinced about either side's ability to govern effectively. Rafizi has positioned himself as the conscience of the Reformasi movement, a loose pro-democracy group born out of street protests in the late 1990s.

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