PKR president Anwar Ibrahim made the case to his party grassroots on why he’s standing by Idris Haron, who was sacked from Umno for bringing down the Malacca government, and his allies.

At the virtual launch of the party's Malacca polls machinery last night, Anwar said Idris and three other assemblypersons withdrew their support for the Bersatu-Umno state government based on negotiations with Pakatan Harapan.

Therefore, he said, Harapan cannot abandon them when things did not go the way they wanted.