Just received the press statement below minutes ago
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We are gravely concerned about the manner in which the Parti Keadilan Rakyat election is being conducted by the Central Election Committee (JPP) and the party secretariat.
Today is the first day of polling where thousands of party members are eligible to vote at the polling centres in several Kedah and Kelantan divisions, which should have begun at 10:00 am. However, we have received numerous reports that members were unable to vote at several divisions this morning and many have left in frustration.
From the information we have received, the following problems were faced by local members at the respective divisions:
1. Kota Bharu, Kelantan: Although the ballot papers for the other positions were available, the polling did not proceed because the ballot papers for the position of Vice Chief of the Women’s Wing were not available.
2. Tumpat, Kelantan: The ballot papers have not arrived as at 12:00 noon and the ballot boxes were also not ready. Thus, many members left for Friday prayers.
3. Langkawi, Kedah: The ballot papers arrived very late and registration of new members is taking place whilst the polls are ongoing, and it seems that some of these new members are being allowed to vote.
4. Alor Setar, Kedah: The ballot papers have not arrived as at 12:00 noon and many members left for Friday prayers without voting.
Three out of the four divisions mentioned above nominated Datuk Zaid Ibrahim for the position of Deputy President, and a sizeable number of members were mobilised to vote for him at the fourth division in Langkawi.
In light of these alarming logistical problems on the very first day of polling, we expect more serious problems ahead; especially considering that there are only 10 divisions polling today and there will be 79 more divisions polling during this weekend.
Although the JPP and party secretariat assured us that the election will be conducted professionally to ensure a free and fair election, the above problems have cast serious doubts on the entire election process.
After discussing these problems with Dr Molly Cheah (the Chairperson of the JPP) this morning, we are now even more disturbed as she claims that she is no longer involved in the management of the election process. Indeed, she said that she has no knowledge of the briefing of the candidates and/or their election agents that was conducted at the eleventh hour last night by the party secretariat. She also said that she regrets the problems faced by voters at the divisions mentioned above but she is unable to do anything about it.
In light of these serious concerns, the party election should be halted immediately and resumed only after all these logistical problems have been remedied. If the JPP and/or the secretariat proceeds without resolving these basic but fundamental issues, the party will lose the trust of its members and also damage its reputation as a party that fights for democracy and justice for all Malaysians.
Moreover, if the Chairperson of the JPP claims that she is no longer in control of the election process, then she should no longer hold on to the position and resign immediately. Similarly, if the party secretariat, which is under the responsibility of the Secretary General, is unable to perform their duties properly, then the responsibility for the conduct of the party election should be entrusted to others who can do the job.
Rashid Azad Khan Muhammad Firdaus Christopher
Election Agent, Zaid Ibrahim Political Aide, Zaid Ibrahim
Candidate for Deputy President Candidate for Deputy President
Philip Chong
October 29, 2010
I think PKR is not ready at all!
AgreeToDisagree
October 29, 2010
AT least they do not believe in APARTHEID and religious supremacism.
sampalee
October 29, 2010
Yes, a simple resignation will have clear up the mess.Politicians are never smart.
rajan
October 29, 2010
If PKR cant conduct a simple election of office bearers smoothly, how do we expect them to run our country in
the event the people vote them in as the next goverment?
Come on lah Wei! Pull up your shreaded socks.
Get yourselves organised well then call for elections.
And to think i voted for their candi-date.
Best is, I hope PKR will take tution from PAS and DAP on how to conduct a simple election such as this.
CUT ! Take 5, Start all over again the election process and this time, you nutty mental cases, Do it right,fair and square.
Or you get a few votes less from my side .
Harris, its good that you got a good whip ,a sting rays tail, to whip PKR to shape .
Very unprofessional rojak style of” erection” management.
msbery
October 29, 2010
hahaha
and we have Team PKR Big Shots flying few 1000 km everywhere from Jln Duta to Sabah then back to Galas, all within 24 hours and so on and so forth.
Where got time for (party) elections. Maybe you should just forget the whole thing lah !and form a new Party
tigermania
October 29, 2010
Ha! Vote for change? What change? Better vote for BN.
khai
October 29, 2010
vote BN for wat..????
contract ke..??
mauriyaII
October 29, 2010
Fantastic man, and stand in the rut of the robber barons of UMNO/BN forever. Pawn your whole family as well as your future generations also and let them curse you for your selfish stupidity. How much did you get during the last 5 decades? What is the difference between what you have and what the evil mamakthir mohamad kutty’s family have stashed away? So long as there are morons and imbeciles like you to sokong the arrogant, corrupt and racist scums in UMNO, this country will surely become another Zimbabwe.
Sang Kancil Guru
October 29, 2010
The dirty tactics by the PKR gangster leaders against Zaid are disgusting indeed!
My2cen
October 29, 2010
Ai yah, tak payah susah-susah nak rebut dengan si Azmin la. Zaid boleh join MCLM anytime.
Jong
October 29, 2010
PKR party election – Seems like a child’s play -’main masak-masak’ kah? LOL!!!!
What a disgrace, can’t do anything right, its leaders still wanna lead Pakatan Rakyat on the road to Putra Jaya? ..err are we to trust the bunch of baboons?
semut api
October 29, 2010
I suspect this is part of the ongoing intrigues in PKR. No need to mention names – they are already well known. Sayang yang mereka sanggup membusukkan parti demi menjaga kuasa mereka. Tak ubah macam perangai orang UMNO. So PKR, thou shall indeed reap what thou sow. My advise to Zaid and Nurul Izzah – think hard outside the box; indeed the box is almost full of shit.
Watcha
October 29, 2010
Sounds very silly, according to this report.
Resources wasted, goodwill and confidence of members and supporters not valued – signs of rot rather than resurgence. Efforts only UMNO losers would employ.
Something is very wrong in the nation of Greenland!
Remie
October 29, 2010
I think the only optimistic idea in this episode is:-
Let all the bad tactics & ‘trojan’ horses do their worst. They will be duly identified by their actions.
Then, after all the winning celebrations, haul them all up and sack them all from PKR.
One fell swoop and PKR is truly cleansed.
Hurray!
tonytan
October 29, 2010
Haris
Looks like your greatest fear about PKR ( & Pakatan ) is coming true.
Everybody is now on his own. You grab what you can while you can kind of scenario. The head doesn’t know what the tail is doing and vice versa. Zaid is lost in the wilderness, mostly from his own detached ivory tower psyche while Anwar is fighting for his life, having being stung again & again by his “aides” with more being unleashed within the PKR.
and the Pakatan Bloggers ? I notice a gradual loss of influence unlike the euphoria of the post 2008 days. Maybe the “long” unrewarding war is taking its toll.
But luckily people like Malaysiakini, Malaysia Chronicle are doing a fine job. I dunno now where you will fit in as you do not have the reach that they have, and slowly many of the Pakatan Bloggers are losing steam, ever since RPK went to UK.
You cannot rely on Zaid – he is a bigger problem
Sang Kancil Guru
October 30, 2010
Malaysia Chronicle, that piece of crap shrilling for Azmin like a cheap prostitute, doing a fine job? Either you got jampi by Azmin or you are another troll from the Azmin camp. Go back to the hole you came from with your master.
Jong
October 30, 2010
LOL!!! Malaysia Chronicle – Wong Choon Mei?
- that woman good at twisting and spinning news, lasted 3 months in Malaysiakini? She’s an Azmin & Co supporter alright, very biased towards Zaid Ibrahim. Reading her articles on the pkr party election makes one’s blood boil!
One reader was so pissed off with her and posted this link for all to read!
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/91663
Azam
October 29, 2010
Fellas..this is the 1st time I hear all the members regardless of got any division position or nor, can vote..one person, one vote..Imagine if Umnoputras doing it, will it look like smooth sailing??? they hv to allow very few hands to vote for their national leaders hence all the corrupt n bribes, unlike these PKR method..1st time maa!!Those saying better vote BN are total STUPID!! unless U wanna refund the income tax I hv pd last yr.. Did Selangor become haywire because PR become state gov.? Did Penang become communist state? Unprofessional, yes maybe..method, vr GOOD..shud get better time to time..lets see..a good lesson for the party n country..
sampalee
October 29, 2010
The unfolding events call for one thing.Get on with the third force and do not be sweet talked by those hypocrite on two party system.If they love only two party,then ask pr to get lost and all rally behind the third force.Third does not mean a trinity,but the custadion of the people’s trust.
AnonC
October 30, 2010
Hail Anwar! Hail Azmin!! Excellent political machinations. They play their political cards extremely well. I always thought that if you change the voting stucture to allow a huge number of members to vote, it’s difficult to manipulate. But Anwar and Azmin have showed the world and especially UMNO how to do it. Excellent game of deception. They are still able to portray to members pkr is conducting a fair and democratic election and thus able to maintain a high moral ground. Any deficiency is is spun as acceptable since it’s a first members wide election. But in reality, they managed all the shots to ensure their supporters can vote whilst making it difficult for contenders. Really excellent political hoodwink.
In the meantime, have all of you pkr supporter ever asked what is the exact number of all members nationwide and at division level? You can’t be holding election without verifying exact figures.
Why are non members interested in coming to vote and be allowed to register?
Why are the election carried out in stages? How do you ensure some members do not vote twice or more?
All these are basic elements of democracy. If you really believe in fair election, these are the first thing you want to do to ensure principles are upheld. But no. Pkr allowed a major flaw to remain. Why? Ah ha, unless they want to control and manipulate the number of votes to sway the elections. This is an excellent structural flaw for manipulation. Excellent man. UMNO can follow this in their next internal election which also involved huge number of votes. Any deficiency can also be blamed as a first time experience. Way to go pkr in showing how election can be done.
If sprm can follow this Pkr example I’m sure more voters can vote. Apa? undi hantu? No one ever cared mah. Anyway how to determine when we have open registration anyway?
Jong
October 30, 2010
If Dr Molly Cheah, Chairperson of JPP claims she is no more involved in the pkr party election management proper, then who is?
Who ‘disabled’ Dr Molly Cheah?
As concerned citizens/electorates and Pakatan Rakyat supporter, I strongly feel we have the right to answers, no?
What’s cooking in pkr Madame President Wan Azizah? Your elegant silence is not going down well with most Malaysians, not doing any good for the party! Are you still in-charge?
mauriyaII
October 30, 2010
Harris, I think you are wasting your time with the PKR jokers. They have put on their blinkers and can’t or do not want to see what is happening around them. Anwar, apart from being embroiled in his Sodomy II case and his infatuation with the likes of Azmin has been side tracked. It is high time some other credible person without skeletons in his closet takes over PKR and guides Pakatan Rakyat to Putrajaya.
If there is such a movement as the 3rd FORCE, it is not too late to articulate its aims and aspirations (People’s Parliament) clearly to the masses and start identifying potential candidates for the 13th GE.
It could field its candidates as part of Pakatan Rakyat together with the other three component parties. The 3rd FORCE might do better than the frogs and exUMNO louts in PKR. As for Anwar he is becoming more of a liablity to Pakatan Rakyat if he still clings on to his cronies and fights for their agenda.
Parli-Man
October 30, 2010
It is a sad day to watch all this unfolding within pkr, it is even more sad that Zaid until today is yet to declare that he is a ‘Malaysian first’. Hence I couldn’t care to shed a tear for him any more.
Jong
October 30, 2010
If you had been following Zaid’s work and listening to him and his speeches I don’t think there is any need for him to declare if he is ‘Malaysian first’, it’s obvious. But if you insist, why don’t you go ask him personally rather than pecking here?
And btw why the tear, what tear for what?
Parli-Man
November 1, 2010
I did Jong !
AgreeToDisagree
October 30, 2010
Simon said something earlier and AR (supposedly Tun Tan Cheng Loke’s descendent) was probably graphic in response.
And I tried to post in response but failed. This guys post was posted in place instead. Maybe Loyar Burok site was blocked or something. But they at least have the capability to recall what was posted.
With all those tools and access to plastic surgery, passports etc.. How are we supposed to live meaningful lives, how will justice be served. So great displays of power and technology or net monitoring fine. Then what? Its just a massive prison with a bunch of people no different from us but unwilling to live normally.
Whats the point of pretending there is free society? Please study the links and try to do an exposition if it is within your capability and resources. If people are unable to vote or live freely anymore being influenced in the manner suspected, the end of humanity and democratic society has already occured.
Thanks and hear soon.
Ellese
November 1, 2010
this is a report from the Malaysian insider. Just look at the figures.
“Setakat pukul 9 malam tadi, sementara keputusan enam cabang belum diketahui, Azmin yang juga Ahli Parlimen Gombak, dikatakan sudah mendahului saingan dengan kelebihan 529 undi.
Azmin, yang menerima pencalonan terbanyak sebelum ini, mengumpulkan 2,661 undi berbanding Datuk Zaid Ibrahim yang menerima 2,132 undi manakala seorang lagi naib presiden Mustaffa Kamil Ayub mendapat 958 undi.
Undi itu mengambil kira kedudukan semasa dan kelmarin.”
it’s a very strange figure for direct membership election of hundred of thousands of pkr members. What more to be troubled by administrative procedure. Probably till far it’s small cabangs only and hundreds of thousand members more to come. I hold my breathe til then.