However, he has not shut the door completely, and was still considering a return. Rafizi said he could not escape such calls, especially from fellow PKR colleagues and party grassroots.
Rafizi said he would need to consult his family, employees and investors in his data company Invoke before deciding to return to active politics.
He told FMT he would announce his decision on whether he would return to active politics, and if he would contest the party deputy presidency again during the party elections in April.
For the moment, he would monitor the situation, he said.
Rafizi said he had achieved his personal goals as a politician with the fall of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government at the 2018 general election (GE14).
The change in government had made political parties realise they could not be boastful and arrogant as they were now aware that the people could punish them at the ballot box.
“For me, as a politician, that’s mission accomplished.”
Rafizi had announced his exit from active politics in December 2019. He said he wanted to concentrate on his start-up project.
His party comrade, Subang MP Wong Chen, attributed Rafizi’s decision to the lack of support he received when he was charged, and subsequently acquitted, for leaking confidential banking details related to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal.
Rafizi had said then that he had no intention of returning to the political arena.
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