Many agent provocateurs in PKR, says Azizah
Published on: Saturday, December 07, 2019
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MELAKA: PKR Advisory Council Chairman Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pic) suspects that agent provocateurs are trying to wreck the 20-year-old party.This follows a brawl during the PKR youth congress held at Melaka International Trade Centre, here. Asked if all was well in the party considering the brawl that took place involved more than 50 youth delegates, Dr Wan Azizah said she would leave the matter to the authorities.ADVERTISEMENT
“We have a lot of agents provocateurs.
“I am not accusing anyone. Let the police do their investigations,” she told a press conference.
The Deputy Prime Minister was asked why peace was not reflected at the grassroots level even though party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his deputy, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, had met to resolve their differences.
“When Azmin came, he was cool, nothing was wrong. So, we want everyone to be cool too.ADVERTISEMENT
“Don’t provoke, because if you do, something will happen,” she said.
She was then asked why this kind of infighting could continue in PKR after a year even though the top leadership already knew about it.
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“It’s dynamic. It’s the party. In any party, there is a dynamic. If it is a dead party, boring-lah,” she said.
Earlier at 10am, two factions of youth delegates began shouting, pushing and punching each other at several locations here including the MITC’s lobby, entrance and parking lot.
The brawl subsided after about half an hour, but another took place at noon where a youth delegate was hurt when a person threw a rock at him. He is being treated at a hospital here.
This was after former PKR youth permanent chairman Muhamad Mizan Adli Mohd Nor was barred from entering the hall to chair the congress.
On Nov 27, Mizan along with his deputy, Mohd Ramly Ahmad, were sacked from their positions for two reasons, according to PKR youth national secretary Ahmad Syukri Che Ab Razak.
The first reason given was their age and the second was that they had received more votes than the number of delegates present during last year’s PKR Youth National Convention, suggesting that a discrepancy had taken place.
Earlier, Dr Wan Azizah in her speech to close the women and youth congresses, admitted that PKR was no stranger to infighting since its inception.
She said even during the party’s first polls in 2000, there were already clashes between members and leaders.
“Imagine that. We were just a fledgling party and yet we were already at loggerheads with each other.
“But, the most intense (competition) yet was during last year’s polls.
“The candidates running for posts consisted of cabinet ministers, menteris besar and state excos, among others.”
Meanwhile, PKR members responsible for creating chaos at the Youth’s wing national congress will be expelled, said President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
He said such insolent behaviour cannot be let off without any action taken.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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“I have received a report of the incident. I have asked the party disciplinary board to sack those responsible for it,” he said in a statement Friday (Dec 6).
Anwar also called on the police to investigate and take the necessary action against those involved in the incident.