For almost two decades PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has been viewed as a reluctant politician, standing in for her jailed husband Anwar Ibrahim.

This was perhaps best encapsulated in a May 2017 interview with Al-Jazeera, when Wan Azizah said she was willing to be a seat warmer for Anwar to become prime minister as he was more suited for the job.

However, over one year later and now the deputy prime minister, Wan Azizah spoke in a different tone during an interview with Malaysiakini.