Zaliha confirms re-election in three PKR divisions

Summary

• Re-election will be held in three PKR divisions: Selayang, Jempol, and Silam.

• The number of election complaints this year is significantly lower than in 2022.

• The complaints subcommittee has yet to finalise findings on cases brought by high-profile members like Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Akmal Nasrullah Nasir.

The PKR elections committee has confirmed re-election will be held at three party divisions - Selayang, Jempol, and Silam - ahead of the National Congress next month.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa, who is also PKR elections committee chief, said the re-election will only affect a “small part” of the divisions.

“I will issue a notice on that later - an internal notice to the branches,” she told reporters when met after a Federal Territories Hari Raya function in Putrajaya today.

Asked to confirm online portal Malaysia Gazette’s report quoting sources who speculated re-elections in the three divisions, Zaliha (above) said, “Yes, but only at certain levels.”

The recently concluded division-level polls involve the election for the main division leaders, as well as the division’s Youth and Women’s wings, for the term 2025-2028.

Quizzed on the number of complaints and appeals submitted to the committee, Zaliha did not disclose an exact figure, stating instead, “It is way, way less than what we received during the previous (2022) election.

“Then there were thousands. Now just a few hundred across different stages - nominations, campaigning and finally results.

“All of that we will look at one by one. The majority of it, we have taken actions,” she said.

High-profile members

Zaliha also confirmed that a subcommittee in charge of complaints and objections has yet to finalise its findings.

These include cases brought by high-profile names, such as Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Deputy Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Akmal Nasrullah Nasir, among others.

Nik Nazmi failed to defend his Setiawangsa chief post against actor-cum-director Afdlin Shauki Aksan, while Akmal lost in Johor Bahru against challenger, Johor PKR Youth chief Taufiq Ismail.

Zaliha added that various stages of the election process were also discussed by the PKR Central Leadership Council that met in Putrajaya yesterday, chaired by party president, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

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