After weeks of silence, Keadilan's ex-secretary-general Sahri Bahri expressed his reservations over his party's handling of the soon to be merged Parti Keadilan Rakyat's transitional leadership line-up.

He claimed Keadilan's highest decision-making body the supreme council had not endorsed the entire line-up before both parties agreed to it during a meeting o­n Sunday.

Sahri, who tendered his resignation o­n Jan 23, was not present at the three-hour meeting in Shah Alam, Selangor.

He said this was the reason why he felt reluctant to accept the position of supreme council member.

The position was offered to him after he had rejected the post of assistant secretary-general in the new party which is still awaiting approval from the Registrar of Societies.

Cart before horse

Last Thursday, malaysiakini reported that Sahri was offered the position of assistant secretary-general but declined to accept it and had instead tendered his resignation instead.

His resignation has yet to be accepted by Keadilan president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

"This is like putting the cart before the horse. With respect, I don't feel it is proper for me to decide when the list is not yet endorsed by Keadilan's supreme council," he told malaysiakini yesterday.

"As agreed in the memorandum of understanding between the two parties, the list should be endorsed by the respective parties' supreme council first. PRM has done its part," he added.

Controversial line-up

The new line-up, which consists of 60 members from both parties, caused a stir as several Keadilan leaders had to give way to incorporate PRM leaders into the new structure.

The line-up was formulated to facilitate joint programmes and activities between the two parties.

Wan Azizah will be president, while her current PRM counterpart Dr Syed Husin Ali ( right ), will be the deputy president in the transitional line-up.

Current Keadilan deputy chief Dr Abdul Rahman Othman has been re-designated as secretary-general.

The four new PKR vice-presidents are PRM vice-presidents R Sivarasa and Lee Sang and secretary-general Dr Sanusi Osman and Sarawak Keadilan chief Hafsah Harun.

Current Keadilan vice-presidents are Internal Security Act detainee Tian Chua, Hulu Kelang state assembly representative Azmin Ali and former Penang mufti Sheikh Azmi Ahmad will retain their posts in the new party.

Keadilan supreme council member and Subang division chief Kamarul Baharin will be the new party's treasurer, PRM's Siti Noor Hamid Tuah assistant secretary-general and PRM deputy president Rustam Sani will be the information chief.

Keadilan Women's wing chief Fuziah Salleh will head the women's wing in PKR while Keadilan Youth chief Mohd Ezam Nor will lead the new party's youth wing with PRM Youth chief Faisal Sanusi as his deputy.

Allegation refuted

Elaborating further, Sahri said o­nly the names of the main office bearers have been discussed and not the whole list.

"We should not marginalise the role of Keadilan's supreme council, which is the highest decision making body in the party.

"I will hold my decision because PKR platform cannot decide for Keadilan," he added.

When contacted later, Keadilan's deputy chief Abdul Rahman refuted Sahri's allegation, saying that the line-up had been discussed several times by supreme council members.

Abdul Rahman said other than the supreme council, the party's political bureau had also gone through the list prior to Sunday's meeting.