There have been no official complaints on money politics in relation to the ongoing nominations for PKR polls, said secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution.

pkr pc on party election 220910 03 "We have received no such complaints," he told a press conference at the party headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

However, he said that 176 other complaints have been received by the party secretariat and nominations committee.

"We are working round-the-clock and are looking into all these complaints," he said, describing these as falling into three categories.

There are complaints about candidates, about the nominations process and about disciplinary matters.

"Complaints about the nomination process and candidates fall under the jurisdiction of the nominations committee headed by Molly Cheah.

“Disciplinary (matters) - like a candidate being hit with a chair - fall under the disciplinary committee as is usual.”

While he said some of the complaints have been acted upon, he declined to provide details.

Asked about allegati pkr keadilan indian faction pc 230507 jenapala ons of misconduct levelled by sacked PKR member Jenapala Perumal (right) , Saifuddin dismissed the matter:

"There are no complaints by Jenapala. He is no longer a member."

Yesterday, Selangor exco Xavier Jayakumar had said that  Jenapala is a "bankrupt, who has no standing to make such accusations".

On complaints of ‘phantom’ members in the Sarawak and Sabah division nominations, Saifuddin quipped: “We have received no complaints on the existence of ‘ghosts’.”

He revealed that 84 of the 204 divisions have completed their nominations and AGM, with 67 divisions seeing contests for their posts. There were no contests in 17 other divisions.

Nominations to date

The 450,000 members of PKR comprise 50 percent Malays, 23 percent Indians, 12 percent Chinese and 15 percent other races, he said.

The state with the largest membership is Selangor with 108,000 member making up 33 percent of the party.

Sabah is next with 66,000, followed by Perak (33,000), Penang (31,000), Sarawak (22,000) and Federal Territories (17,000).

All told, he said, these states make up 77 percent of the party strength.

B azlan ased on nominations to date for direct elections in the party, incumbent Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and d e facto leader Anwar Ibrahim have been proposed for president.

Nominations for deputy president are current veeps Azmin Ali and Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, Federal Territorries chief Zaid Ibrahim and PKR director of strategy Tian Chua.

The four posts for vice-president have attracted 15 names, while 74 are eligible to contest the supreme council seats.

"From our observations, the nomination process has been open and independent without interference of infuence or patronage,” added Saifuddin.

"The process also imitates the procedures (of a general election), as it is a good experience for a young party like PKR.”