PKR‘s central leadership election next month will be conducted through a “proportional representation” system, with more delegates set to vote for the party’s highest office-bearers.
Party secretary-general Fuziah Salleh said PKR‘s national congress next month is expected to see about 10,000 delegates cast their ballots in person, while over 20,000 others will vote online.
She said this year’s internal election would be PKR’s first time using the “proportional representation” system, after it was approved by a special congress on Dec 15 last year.
“All delegates eligible to vote will be informed in due course,” she said after a PKR central leadership council meeting today, adding that a full list of delegates who would be voting in person would be released later.
Fuziah previously said that the new system would consider the size of each division in deciding the representation of delegates, with quotas set for women and ethnic groups based on electoral demographics.
Meanwhile, additional delegates representation will be allocated to divisions with more than 3,000 members to ensure fairness.
In a statement, Fuziah said today’s meeting also discussed several internal matters, including party membership issues, disciplinary actions, the party elections, and preparations for the congress.
However, she made no mention of the alleged voting irregularities that led to the defeat of several high-profile PKR figures in the divisional elections the past two weekends.
Fuziah also said the PKR election committee would be announcing the names of several candidates who were found to have memberships in other political parties.
She said any PKR member found to have joined another political party would be stripped of their membership, even if they had been nominated for the party polls.
The elections for the central leadership council, and the women and youth wing leaders at the national level, will be held from May 23 to 25 in Johor Bahru.
To accommodate delegates from East Malaysia, a number of them will be allowed to cast their votes at satellite polling centres in Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.
