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PKR POLLS | PKR deputy president candidate Rafizi Ramli alleges that there are certain groups who are intentionally trying to disrupt the party election.
These groups, Rafizi said, aim to trigger chaos if they feel like their preferred candidate is about to lose.
"When they feel they are about to lose, there will be people out to provoke, they will start to get angry and want to hold protests.
"The candidate who feels he is about to lose has planted such troublemakers.
"I will express this to (PKR president-elect) Anwar Ibrahim, and after this we will ask for cooperation from the police and the MACC.
"There are people who are out for blood, we will call for the police to put them in lockup," he said in his speech during a Pasukan Reformasi 20 Tahun gathering last night, as reported by The Malaysian Insight.
Kedah PKR was forced to suspend nine of 15 division elections yesterday after tensions flared among members unhappy with the newly implemented e-voting system.
Subsequently, the election committee announced in a Seberang Jaya press conference that the results from all Kedah divisions would be invalidated, but that the results from the Penang divisions would stand.
This led to a fight breaking out, with one member trying to fend off others with a banquet chair, and another individual throwing a chair as a projectile.
A number of state party polls were also postponed, such as in Johor, Perlis, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca.
'Polls were in my favour'
In his speech yesterday, Rafizi also claimed that the party polls in Penang were favouring him, even though it was a well-known stronghold for his opponent, incumbent deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali.
"In Penang, the chairperson Mansor Othman is Azmin's good friend, and is seen as a stronghold for the 'cartel team'.
"But the results coming out from the divisions were showing that even if I did not win, I am only a few tens or hundreds of votes behind," he said to a crowd of about 200 PKR members.
PKR Youth chief candidate Afif Bahardin, who is aligned to Azmin, said last night that his team would send an official protest letter to PKR election committee calling for the Penang election results to be cancelled.
These groups, Rafizi said, aim to trigger chaos if they feel like their preferred candidate is about to lose.
"When they feel they are about to lose, there will be people out to provoke, they will start to get angry and want to hold protests.
"The candidate who feels he is about to lose has planted such troublemakers.
"I will express this to (PKR president-elect) Anwar Ibrahim, and after this we will ask for cooperation from the police and the MACC.
"There are people who are out for blood, we will call for the police to put them in lockup," he said in his speech during a Pasukan Reformasi 20 Tahun gathering last night, as reported by The Malaysian Insight.
Kedah PKR was forced to suspend nine of 15 division elections yesterday after tensions flared among members unhappy with the newly implemented e-voting system.
Subsequently, the election committee announced in a Seberang Jaya press conference that the results from all Kedah divisions would be invalidated, but that the results from the Penang divisions would stand.
This led to a fight breaking out, with one member trying to fend off others with a banquet chair, and another individual throwing a chair as a projectile.
A number of state party polls were also postponed, such as in Johor, Perlis, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca.
'Polls were in my favour'
In his speech yesterday, Rafizi also claimed that the party polls in Penang were favouring him, even though it was a well-known stronghold for his opponent, incumbent deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali.
"In Penang, the chairperson Mansor Othman is Azmin's good friend, and is seen as a stronghold for the 'cartel team'.
"But the results coming out from the divisions were showing that even if I did not win, I am only a few tens or hundreds of votes behind," he said to a crowd of about 200 PKR members.
PKR Youth chief candidate Afif Bahardin, who is aligned to Azmin, said last night that his team would send an official protest letter to PKR election committee calling for the Penang election results to be cancelled.
The short history of PKR is replete with stories about scandals of its several party polls through the years. They have resulted in many party stalwarts leaving PKR in absolute disgust at shifty tactics exhibited during the polls.
Aeons ago, I think 2010 wakakaka, there were dodgy questions surrounding its party polls especially in Sabah. Specifically, the poll was to elect, surprise surprise, the party deputy president. In those early days (as it is to a lesser extent today) the presidency stayed with either Anwar or his wife, so the battle royal would be (still is) for the deputy presidency.
Aeons ago, I think 2010 wakakaka, there were dodgy questions surrounding its party polls especially in Sabah. Specifically, the poll was to elect, surprise surprise, the party deputy president. In those early days (as it is to a lesser extent today) the presidency stayed with either Anwar or his wife, so the battle royal would be (still is) for the deputy presidency.
The party was in uproar as one accused another and vice versa, of bettering the election actions of the notorious EC, wakakaka again.
To resolve the acrimonious dispute, erstwhile PKR stalwart Jonson Chong (and a neutral in the party fractured fractions) wrote a personal letter to then party president Dr Wan Azizah about the questionable party polling process.
There were 162 complaints about polling irregularities in the party race for the deputy president's position, and the PKR JPP, the party body which was supposed to manage the party polls but which seems to have surrendered the management to the party secretariat, did nothing nor addressed any complaint. Yes, the party secretariat became the de facto JPP.
Leng chai Jonson Chong, then one of the leading lights in PKR, was so alarmed by the reported naughty EC-style happenings that he gave a diplomatic opening to Wan Azizah the de jure (not de facto) party leader, for her to review the less than kosher proceedings.
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Jonson Chong |
Dear Madam President,
Please allow me to make one final plea to you for the sake of our Party's future.
Keadilan's current state of affairs, to say the least, is profoundly disturbing and sad. Indeed, not only party members but all our supporters are extremely disappointed by the manner in which our party election is conducted. […]
Now, whether we like it or not, the credibility and image of Keadilan is at an all-time low. This is nothing less than a crisis for the Party. […]
Currently, there are many doubts about the integrity of our Party's electoral process. I believe that if we can show the public that we are sincere in rectifying whatever irregularities, perceived or otherwise, then we will have taken the first step to salvage Keadilan's tattered reputation.
Hence, I humbly suggest that we take the most dubious incident as a litmus test to show, once and for all, that our Party election is free from irregularities. I am referring to the Libaran results, which shows an impressive but incredulous 60 percent turnout of voters.
If agreed by you, Madam President, I will personally help raise the necessary funds to engage an independent and professional audit firm to scrutinise the polling results of Libaran. With the large number of generous Keadilan supporters who are still hoping that we will do the right thing, I am confident that resources can be arranged to carry out this important task.
If the Libaran results are certified to be free from irregularities, then I will unequivocally accept the Party's overall election results. I believe all other contestants will do the same. However, if the audit results show otherwise, then a resolution must be passed at the upcoming National Congress to nullify the results of the Party election.
We are now at a critical point in our Party's history. We must show that Keadilan is true to its own name. Not only must justice be done but it must also be seen to be done.
Madam President, right now, the Party needs you to take charge and lead us through this challenging period.
Please allow me to make one final plea to you for the sake of our Party's future.
Keadilan's current state of affairs, to say the least, is profoundly disturbing and sad. Indeed, not only party members but all our supporters are extremely disappointed by the manner in which our party election is conducted. […]
Now, whether we like it or not, the credibility and image of Keadilan is at an all-time low. This is nothing less than a crisis for the Party. […]
Currently, there are many doubts about the integrity of our Party's electoral process. I believe that if we can show the public that we are sincere in rectifying whatever irregularities, perceived or otherwise, then we will have taken the first step to salvage Keadilan's tattered reputation.
Hence, I humbly suggest that we take the most dubious incident as a litmus test to show, once and for all, that our Party election is free from irregularities. I am referring to the Libaran results, which shows an impressive but incredulous 60 percent turnout of voters.
If agreed by you, Madam President, I will personally help raise the necessary funds to engage an independent and professional audit firm to scrutinise the polling results of Libaran. With the large number of generous Keadilan supporters who are still hoping that we will do the right thing, I am confident that resources can be arranged to carry out this important task.
If the Libaran results are certified to be free from irregularities, then I will unequivocally accept the Party's overall election results. I believe all other contestants will do the same. However, if the audit results show otherwise, then a resolution must be passed at the upcoming National Congress to nullify the results of the Party election.
We are now at a critical point in our Party's history. We must show that Keadilan is true to its own name. Not only must justice be done but it must also be seen to be done.
Madam President, right now, the Party needs you to take charge and lead us through this challenging period.
Did anyone in PKR (or even outside the party) hear anything from Wan Azizah?
"We had a meeting yesterday and we leave it to the central elections committee (CEC) to address the complaints. It is all a misconception that the CEC is not taking the complaints seriously, but they are."
She was as she still is today, as the Women Minister - she didn't seem to understand or didn't want to understand that the (then) PKR CEC was the one NOT doing anything about the 162 complaints. She did NOT answer Jonson Chong’s offer of financially supported audit of the party polls of one PKR division, Libaran.
Renowned socio-political activist Haris Ibrahim (the real reformer) praised Jonson for his constructive approach to personally fund an audit into the Libraran polling, but alas, not so Dr Wan who ignored Jonson completely.
Yes, Jonson's plea and financially-supported offer to Wan Azizah was like pissing in the wind.
Anyway, Jonson was so disappointed by both Wan Azizah's rather discourteous cold-shouldering of his constructive and valid proposal and the arrogance of the inner coterie in its refusal to truly investigate into party members’ complaints about the dodgy party polls. Terence Netto of Malaysiakini also wrote that the PKR JPP was frozen stiff like a deer caught in a car's headlights. It did not provide any answer to the 162 complaints.
Unsurprisingly, Jonson Chong and a few members left PKR - mind you, not that the feudal warlords cared two hoots as Jonson was not/never a member of the PKR inner coterie.
Incidentally Azmin Ali was the winner where he ‘swept’ virtually (almost) 100% of the votes at Libaran, Sandakan, Tawau and Tenom, wakakaka.
Chegubard said the votes for Sandakan and Libaran were not tallied at the polling centre and, like at Kubang Pasu, the candidates' agents were not allowed to be present during the counting process, wakakaka again!
Did Wan Azizah take any action? That was a rhetorical question, so no answer required as within the question was also the answer, wakakaka.
Fast forward to 2014 to remember that Dr Wan said there's room in PKR for dissent, and we wonder why she had in 2010 ignored Jonson Chong's proposal which wasn't even a dissent but an attempt to constructively resolve the party polling turmoil then?
Yes, let's ask ourselves why did the party president ignore a constructive proposal from a sensible, fair and balanced gentleman like Jonson Chong which would have put to rest all complaints if his proposed audit (funded by Jonson himself) showed the polls had been conducted fairly?
Could it be she was worried Jonson's proposal might open the PKR Pandora Box? Wakakaka.
Dr Wan was then one of the sacred cows, in fact the MOST sacred cow in PKR, more so than her daughter or husband, not unlike a Mother Teresa and Joan of Arc combined, but her inaction in 2010 led many to question her reformasi credentials. Furthermore her incredulous description of hubby as 'God's gift to the people' left many breathlessly flabbergasted, wakakaka.
Wakakaka.
And right on cue, Malaysiakini published Rafizi cries sabotage in PKR polls, wants 'troublemakers' locked up.
The weak leadership of Wan Azizah has contributed to poor questionable doings within PKR where its UMNO-style Don Corleone's thrive.
Subsequent party polls saw even Zaid Ibrahim throwing in the towel in sheer frustration, and the suspension of Chegubard and his eventual resignation.
Indeed, Chegubard gave us horror stories about the polling in Teluk Intan and Sabah, where the actual turnout at Sandakan and Libaran was only about 200, and not the official figures of 898 in Libaran and 456 in Sandakan, wakakaka.
Incidentally Azmin Ali was the winner where he ‘swept’ virtually (almost) 100% of the votes at Libaran, Sandakan, Tawau and Tenom, wakakaka.
Chegubard said the votes for Sandakan and Libaran were not tallied at the polling centre and, like at Kubang Pasu, the candidates' agents were not allowed to be present during the counting process, wakakaka again!
Did Wan Azizah take any action? That was a rhetorical question, so no answer required as within the question was also the answer, wakakaka.
Fast forward to 2014 to remember that Dr Wan said there's room in PKR for dissent, and we wonder why she had in 2010 ignored Jonson Chong's proposal which wasn't even a dissent but an attempt to constructively resolve the party polling turmoil then?
Yes, let's ask ourselves why did the party president ignore a constructive proposal from a sensible, fair and balanced gentleman like Jonson Chong which would have put to rest all complaints if his proposed audit (funded by Jonson himself) showed the polls had been conducted fairly?
Could it be she was worried Jonson's proposal might open the PKR Pandora Box? Wakakaka.
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WTF, shut the box before the stench overpowers everyone |
Dr Wan was then one of the sacred cows, in fact the MOST sacred cow in PKR, more so than her daughter or husband, not unlike a Mother Teresa and Joan of Arc combined, but her inaction in 2010 led many to question her reformasi credentials. Furthermore her incredulous description of hubby as 'God's gift to the people' left many breathlessly flabbergasted, wakakaka.
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from 2010? wakakaka |
Keadilan (justice)?
I am sure by now most of you know that Art Harun has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the EC. Well, this was what he said back then in his post What does the ‘K’ in PKR stand for?
Art wrote: I don't know about how they feel and think. But frankly, in my perception, PKR is so full of crap than it would even dare to admit.
And if the farce that PKR calls and labels as party elections is to be a yardstick of its ability to govern this country, I would rather vote for the Siberian Husky in front of my house. And by that, I don't mean to insult the dog.
Wakakaka.
'Someone' in PKR is determined not to lose his Crown Prince position.
The $take$ are higher than ever before, because PKR is now the largest party in Parliament, and the largest proportion of Pakatan Harapan's MPs
ReplyDeleteAnwar Ibrahim is not getting any younger, and his succession will become an increasingly urgent issue.
You can only re-incarnate someone if he/she is dead. So we have now officially pronounced MIC dead.
ReplyDeleteCikit2 nak panggil pulis n sprm. Ni Kan pasal party matter. Apasal pulok pulis n sprm nak involve.
ReplyDeleteNak memerintah negara lagi besor n susoh.
Ni party matter Hal kecik jer dah kelam kabut.
Conduct of election process is an internal party matter.
DeleteActual Violence carried out is a police matter.