Today’s malaysiakini news article tells us that Abdul Rahman Othman, a former PKR treasurer and a presidential candidate for the recent party election has abandoned the PKR boat.
He was nominated to contest for the president’s post in the party national congress last month but pulled out at the eleventh hour when Anwar Ibrahim announced he couldn’t stand in the contest because of a warning from the Registrar of Societies.
Abdul Rahman’s inexplicable withdrawal automatically allowed the de facto leader’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah to become de jure leader. I wonder whether Abdul Rahman had received a ‘quiet word’ like Nallakaruppan did, to withdraw?
Abdul Rahman has applied to join PAS last night. This is a man who had joined Keadilan (PKR’s predecessor) since its inception in 1999 following the sacking of Anwar Ibrahim from UMNO and his DPM post.
You would wonder, wouldn’t you, why he left, especially in the sudden wake of his strange last minute withdrawal from the party's presidential election, after Anwar was barred by law (with a dire warning) from contesting.
Abdul Rahman maintained a tight lip when pressed for reasons why he has left a party he had helped found.
Meanwhile, another bloke has abandoned boat too. Former Kedah PKR chief Akashah Ismail has also quit the party and will join PAS soon. Hmmm, looks like there are a number of 'former' PKR this-and-that.
He said: “I have sent a letter to the party headquarters and Kedah PKR two weeks ago informing them of my decision. PKR is no longer a party for the ordinary people”.
my underlining above
malaysiakini added that there have been complaints Anwar was allegedly favouring corporate figures over grassroots leaders in the party. Well, we heard too from Nallakaruppan he (Nalla) was told by Anwar to not contest in the VP election, and he (Anwar) had allegedly meddled with party polls.
The PKR meltdown because of the Anwar Ibrahim factor, that I had previously blogged on, continues.
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PKR dwindling into the ethnic party it was/is
malaysiakini reported Nallakaruppan, once a buddy of de factor leader, saying that his once-good pal had not been forthright with him on several matters. Nalla was just being polite in his choice of words.
He lamented: “I have been a friend of Anwar for more than 30 years but he had not been honest with me, especially on matters relating to the Ijok by-election and the contest for the party’s vice presidency.”
Well, Nalla, that's better - Anwar has not been honest with you. So stop pussyfooting around with words like 'not being forthright etc'.
Thank goodness you have woken up. Anwar Ibrahim has been, is and will be about Anwar Ibrahim. Consider, this is a man who would shamelessly preach to the world about democracy and at the same time meddle with the party polling, as he had been alleged to do, not once but twice, by two different people in the PKR.
Then, he couldn't care two hoots about his own wife's de jure status or about democratic elections, even in the party that was formed to fight for his release from prison.
Mind you, there are others in PKR still mesmerized.
But since Nalla left in hurt anger, more than 300 Indian PKR members nationwide are believed to have officially quit the party in support of him. There’s more on the way out with some already gone without even bothering to submit a resignation letter.
The latest to join the exodus are some 200 members from Gombak in Selangor.
Nalla told malaysiakini: “I know they are eager to know what my next plans are but I hope they would give me a little bit of extra time for me to think this thoroughly. Whatever decision I make, it will be for the good of the Indian community. It will be a decision which my supporters would support. Just bear with me and I will soon be making an important decision.”
But he refused to comment if he was in talks with any political parties regarding his political future.
The DAP could do with his group as members but I wonder whether that would present a problem for the incongruous alliance between DAP and PKR?.
What I like to see is Dr Syed Husin also taking his PRM people out to join the DAP or the PSM. PKR can then revert back to being KeADILan, a loser-clone of UMNO, but a splinter group of UMNO nonetheless.
He lamented: “I have been a friend of Anwar for more than 30 years but he had not been honest with me, especially on matters relating to the Ijok by-election and the contest for the party’s vice presidency.”
Well, Nalla, that's better - Anwar has not been honest with you. So stop pussyfooting around with words like 'not being forthright etc'.
Thank goodness you have woken up. Anwar Ibrahim has been, is and will be about Anwar Ibrahim. Consider, this is a man who would shamelessly preach to the world about democracy and at the same time meddle with the party polling, as he had been alleged to do, not once but twice, by two different people in the PKR.
Then, he couldn't care two hoots about his own wife's de jure status or about democratic elections, even in the party that was formed to fight for his release from prison.
Mind you, there are others in PKR still mesmerized.
But since Nalla left in hurt anger, more than 300 Indian PKR members nationwide are believed to have officially quit the party in support of him. There’s more on the way out with some already gone without even bothering to submit a resignation letter.
The latest to join the exodus are some 200 members from Gombak in Selangor.
Nalla told malaysiakini: “I know they are eager to know what my next plans are but I hope they would give me a little bit of extra time for me to think this thoroughly. Whatever decision I make, it will be for the good of the Indian community. It will be a decision which my supporters would support. Just bear with me and I will soon be making an important decision.”
But he refused to comment if he was in talks with any political parties regarding his political future.
The DAP could do with his group as members but I wonder whether that would present a problem for the incongruous alliance between DAP and PKR?.
What I like to see is Dr Syed Husin also taking his PRM people out to join the DAP or the PSM. PKR can then revert back to being KeADILan, a loser-clone of UMNO, but a splinter group of UMNO nonetheless.
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