No chairs thrown, Fahmi underscores campaign of 'peace' in final rally

Summary

• Fahmi Fadzil has underscored the theme of peace, which Nurul Izzah Anwar is campaigning on in the PKR central leadership election, saying that no chairs were thrown this year.

• The PKR information chief also seems to jab at incumbent deputy president Rafizi Ramli, adding that the campaign has gotten “noisy” in the past couple of weeks.

In the last few hours before campaigning for the PKR central leadership election ends, party information chief Fahmi Fadzil has reiterated a theme of “peace” that underscored the call made by deputy presidency contender Nurul Izzah Anwar’s campaign. 

Taking the stage in Johor Bahru at Nurul Izzah’s final rally before voting opens at 8am tomorrow, Fahmi posed with the “peace” sign, that also signifies his candidate number for a spot in the party’s central leadership council.

“I can see what we have gone through at the division level, everything went very well.

“Alhamdulillah, this time there are no incidents of ‘chairs thrown’, ballot boxes broken, attempts to sabotage the ballot counting, everything went very well,” said Fahmi.

In a subtle jab at incumbent PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli’s “Hiruk” campaign trail, Fahmi said, “My only regret is at the central level, in the last one or two weeks, it (campaign) became too ‘noisy’ (hiruk-pikuk).”

“There is no need for that. We need to calm the situation. So in that spirit, my only request is, we just want peace.

“I am candidate No 2. Peace!” said a cheerful Fahmi. 

Nurul Izzah’s grand finale rally held at a hotel on the seventh floor of a shopping mall in Johor Bahru saw over 1,000 delegates and members seated around the main stage where candidates took turns for their final campaign.

Fahmi sat in the front row alongside Nurul Izzah and other leaders, including PKR vice-president candidates Amirudin Shari and Sim Tze Tzin.

Various banners featuring individual central leadership council candidates were erected around the venue.

Others adopted a more creative approach, with their candidate number printed on balloons.

The candidates themselves also went around distributing individual name cards with their image and candidate number. 

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