PKR president Anwar Ibrahim will try and convince leaders such as Nurul Izzah Anwar and Rafizi Ramli, who have chosen to step back from active politics, to return.

In an interview with Mingguan Malaysia, Anwar said that they were the type of leaders with the character to become successors of the party leadership.

"We will convince them to come back to the struggle and our party's platform.

"Even though they are quite stubborn but I respect their principle...