PKR has set up a committee to conduct a post-mortem on the outcome of the recently-concluded Sarawak state election.

PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali told reporters that the committee has been given one month to study the matter and present its findings to the central leaders.

"We have formed a committee to study the entire election process.

"We will give them one month to come back to the party with the post-mortem results," Azmin said when met after the PKR political bureau meeting at its headquarters in Tropicana Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, last night.

PKR contested in 40 seats but only managed to retain its three incumbents, in Ba'Kelalan, Batu Lintang and Krian.

The party had also clashed with its Pakatan Harapan ally DAP in six seats, all of which were lost to the BN.

Asked to comment on the clashes, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail reiterated that the committee would be looking into the matter.

"We have retained (three seats).

"We have maintained and made inroads. There are failures as well as gains," Wan Azizah said.

Throughout the campaign period, PKR and DAP leaders had traded barbs over what had led to their candidates locking horns with one another and causing confusion for voters on the ground.

No decision

PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil said no decision has been made on a proposal to file legal action against the Sarawak government for banning opposition lawmakers from entering the state during the election period.

"We are waiting to hear from our leaders in Sarawak. If anything, it will be done in Sarawak," Fahmi said.

The proposal was first made by Sarawak PKR deputy youth chief Simon Siah during the campaign trail.

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar was among 40 opposition lawmakers, activists and academicians who were barred from entering the state.

Azmin, who is also Selangor menteri besar, was initially granted a limited stay visa from April 29 to May 2.

He left Sarawak on May 1 and was denied entry upon landing in Kuching for the second time on May 6.

‘Five-member panel’

In a statement today, Wan Azizah said the committee will be chaired by former PKR senator Syed Hussin Ali, together with party veteran Dr Muhammad Noor Manuty, Selayang MP William Leong, Sabah state opposition leader Lajim Ukin and former Umno deputy minister Saifuddin Abdullah.

“I also managed to have a brief discussion on this issue with (DAP secretary-general) Lim Guan Eng and (Amanah president) Mohamad Sabu from the perspective of Pakatan Harapan,” she said.

Issues surrounding the outcome of the Sarawak state election are expected to be discussed at the Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting this afternoon.