PKR’s Wanita leadership made public its 'preferred' list of leaders to contest top party posts a day before branches begin submitting their nominations.

NONE Spearheading the list is Fuziah Salleh ( left ), the party’s current election director, who will contest one of the four national vice-president's posts.

Six other Wanita leaders will contest for places on the party’s central leadership council, namely Elizabeth Wong, Felicia Ling, Hasnah Hashim, Salma Ismail, Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail and Rozaini Mohd Rosli.

PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin made the announcements at a press conference this morning at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya.

The wing also agreed Zuraida, deputy president Rodziah Ismail and two other vice-presidents Hazina Talha and Noorsham Abu Samah defend their posts at the coming party elections.

azlan The wing’s other vice-president, Zaleha Mustaffa, will be stepping down.

The Wanita leadership has also decided to support Rawang assemblyperson Gan Pei Nei bid to contest Zaleha’s post.

Zuraida stressed that PKR Wanita members are still free to nominate candidates outside of the endorsed list and they will continue to have negotiations with all candidates to ensure unity and stability in the wing.

She said that ten other Wanita leaders will also contest for branch leadership while another 28 will contest for deputy and vice head posts.

  ‘Just the beginning’

“This sends a clear message to the members and the party that Wanita is committed to fulfill the 30 percent leadership quota.”

 “We are ready, this is just the beginning,” said Rodziah.

Among the ten contesting for branch leadership is the daughter of PKR de facto leader Nurul Izzah Anwar who will run for the  Lembah Pantai branch post.

While Nurul Izzah’s mother Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will vie to head  the Permatang Pauh PKR branch.

 

More than 400,00 PKR members from 205 branches will be involved in the party’s first direct elections before elections for tops posts are carried out in November during the party’s annual congress.

The process begins with nominations at the branch level before polling is conducted for the top posts between Sept 17 and Oct 3.

All PKR branches in the country have been directed to submit their nominations beginning tomorrow until Sept 12.

PKR is the nation’s first political party to implement direct elections for all posts at the branch level and for the central leadership council including for the post of president, deputy president and the four vice-presidents.

All party members registered before June 27 will be allowed to vote for 18 posts at the branch level including for the branch’s 15 committee members.