Dr.Wan Azizah concedes that internal problems plague PKR
October 29, 2009
PKR President Dr. Wan Azizah concedes not all is well with party
In a frank admission, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail conceded that the country’s leading opposition party is facing internal problems amid a spate of resignations from key leaders.
“The frustrations which have been expressed by some colleagues within the party and by some supporters are valid…,” said Wan Azizah in a statement today.
Over the past two days, PKR has been hit by the resignations of vice-president Jeffrey Kitingan and Sabah Wanita deputy chief Christina Liew as well as talks that secretary-general Salehuddin Hashim would quit the party. Salehuddin has since denied he was stepping down.
Both Jeffrey and Liew have expressed their unhappiness over the decision of the top PKR leadership on a string of issues, the latest being the appointment of Ahmad Thamrin Jaini as the party’s new Sabah state leader.
“Recent changes to the leadership in KeADILan have caused confusion and consternation among some. I recognise that not everyone will be pleased with decisions made by the party’s leadership and not everyone will appreciate the difficulty we face in seeking to accommodate all views, including those of the divisions and branches which make up the backbone of the party, while striving to guide our party towards achieving its goals,” said Wan Azizah.
“I acknowledge the setbacks that we have faced since the March elections. Political parties are complex organisms and political coalitions are neither crystallised overnight nor even in a fortnight.”
Appeal to supporters
She said that PKR had struggled at times to “identify the right strategy and mix of leadership” as the party grew and sought to transform itself into a national organisation. “Along the way we have encountered great challenges and have also uncovered promising new talent. Our task remains a work in progress…,” she added.
While Wan Azizah did not go into details on the nature of the problems, there is undercurrents within the party over the role to be played by newcomer Zaid Ibrahim, the former UMNO minister who joined PKR four months ago.
With PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali ready to bow out of the party soon, vice-president Azmin Ali – a confidant of de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim – and Zaid are both seen to be potential candidates to fill the post.
In the statement today, Wan Azizah went out of her way to reassure party supporters that PKR was working to resolve its internal problems.
“The future of the nation does not lie in the hands of any one individual, nor does our party, nor does this (Pakatan Rakyat) coalition. I continue to ask the ongoing faith and patience of the people in supporting the mission of PKR and of Pakatan.”
Pak Din
I heard Bardul Hisham is claiming that Anwar’s sodomy case is one of the reasons for leaving PKR. Perhaps his importence as an assemblymen has something to do with it! Why does PKR pick up such brazen moronic liars!
takdok - October 29, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Thank you Dr. Wan Azizah for exposing the real situation in PKR.
Nov. 3, 2009, is fast appraoching.
The demise of PKR is imminent.
GOD BLESS MALAYSIA.
ilham - October 29, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Dr Wan Azizah, I take my hat off to you. I wish other politicians could follow your example, facing the truth.However, I feel that there is one challenge that you failed to address. Part of PKR’s challenge is the selection of a leader of the Sabah PKR. Dr, the way PKR is going, there is little difference between you all and the BN. Anwar is not practicing what he preached in all the cherama’s. When the chips are down, at the end of the day, religion and race rear’s its ugly head. This, I all along thought was not in the vocabulary of thr PKR. Well how wrong can one be?. Now I can understand why the Hindraf gang opted for the BN. With what happened in the leadership quest of the Sabah PKR, one has to be a Muslim or a Bumi, no difference to the BN.Let’s all learn to live with the BN for the next 50 years.
Brian - October 29, 2009 at 9:00 pm
As the blog host said on the earlier thread, politics in these two states of Sabah and Sarawak are like minefields – difficult to negotiate. By the time you get across you wil be missing limbs. The important thing is to remain alive.
Perhaps the strategy is to find local guides to guide you through the minefield.
Mr Bean - October 29, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Nope. Make that “The right strategy is to identify credible local guides who can be trusted and give them an interest in the outcome and not just reward them with short term pecuniary benefits.”
Mr Bean - October 29, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Bean, Anwar was given a local guide in Dr Jeff,He evidently refused. For the sake of all of us who voted PKR, I hope he gets out alive
Brian - October 29, 2009 at 9:13 pm
“Now I can understand why the Hindraf gang opted for the BN.” Brian
I cannot imagine native Americans (said to have originated from China) wanting to seek the help of China today because they have been the victims of genocide by the Europeans.
Mr Bean - October 29, 2009 at 9:19 pm
VERY STRANGE THING HAPPENING.
LATEST FROM RAJA PETRA KAMARUDDIN.
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Dari artikel Raja Petra Kamarudin bertajuk “Whither and hither Anwar?” 28/10/09:
Anwar Ibrahim and many of the opposition leaders have this false feeling of grandeur about themselves. But they are not grand, and certainly far from great. They did not make 8 March 2008 happen. The people made it happen. And what the people make the people can break. And the people are of the opinion that the opposition leaders, Anwar Ibrahim included, have lost their direction.
KAH…KAH…KAH…..HEHEHEHEHEHEHE…
VERY STRANGE THING HAPPENING.
MUTINY EVERYWHERE….
ilham - October 29, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Brian,
I am with PKR in spirit only and have never voted. I am an independent. The question today is would PKR as a party survive a major implosion so it could take on new local guides on board to cross that minefield. What happened in Sabah recently serves merely to expose the cracks in the party leadership. Those cracks have always been there waiting to be exposed. The fault lines are there and all it needs is an epicentre.
Mr Bean - October 29, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Hindraf? Do you mean the original one led by Wajayamoorthy? As far as i know, they are still ‘neutral’. Some of them like the Thenanthiran flur has fallen through the cracks, but its fanciful to say that Hindraf is in BN’s paws.., not when they start ‘experimenting’ with 1Malaise ‘unity camps’, with faulty bridges. They had the audacity to offer RM10k for each child’s life!
Its better to have the cracks appear now – especially with that ADUN Port Kelang, Bad-rul mincing back to Be-enD/bumno. What useless idiots. Now that one is a classic example of what happens when foreskins grow back, Bean.
Menyalak-er - October 30, 2009 at 12:51 am