COMMENT | Right move, Nurul Izzah

COMMENT | Nurul Izzah Anwar’s resignation as senior economics and financial adviser to her father, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday was not a surprise to many.

She is her father’s daughter, all right, but Nurul Izzah is an intelligent and strong-willed person with a mind of her own, as those who know her personally would attest.

I believe she decided to work her way through the flak, mainly associated with nepotism, following her appointment two weeks ago.

Wisely, Nurul Izzah resigned as her father’s adviser but accepted an invitation to co-head a secretariat that was formed to support an advisory committee to Anwar, in his role as finance minister.

I’m happy for Nurul Izzah that the controversy has ended on a somewhat positive note. Good for her!

I concede that I was among the anti-nepotism group when the controversy first surfaced. I hesitated to voice my opinions in this column then, as...