KUALA LUMPUR: While expressing disappointment over PKR leader Zaid Ibrahim's decision to pull out from the deputy president's race and quit all party posts, party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the former minister was free to decide his political future.
Read Anwar Ibrahim's reaction
Reacting to the sudden decision announced overnight by Zaid, Wan Azizah said although she was disappointed, the decision had to be accepted.
Zaid, the former minister in the prime minister's department, announced through his blog that he was pulling out from contesting for the deputy president's post and at the same time resigning from all party posts, citing several reasons including discrepancies in the PKR elections.
Zaid was contesting for the post alongside vice-presidents Azmin Ali and Mustaffa Kamil Ayub. He was trailing Azmin, who was backed by PKR de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, by some 2,500 votes.
The PKR elections had been marred by several allegations of manipulation but all grouses were rubbished by the party headquarters.
"I just read Zaid's statement in his blog and I did not think that he would pull out. Prior to this, he did not voice out any of his grouses to me or the party leadership. But nevermind...it is his right either to contest or otherwise," she told FMT.
Commenting on Zaid's criticism against the party leadership - that it had actively allowed wrongdoings and discrepencies in the party polls, Azizah defended the role of the party's independent election committee.
"We have to hear his allegations and we, through the election committee, have already heard his complaints along with the complaints of the others.
“The committee has investigated all the problems that has cropped-up and have answered all the issues raised yesterday," she added.
Apart from being PKR's Federal Territories head, Zaid is also a member of the powerful political bureau committee and the supreme council.
No comments:
Post a Comment