SHAH ALAM, March 19 — Yesterday, PKR held a Special National Congress to address the upcoming six state elections that are scheduled to be called by mid-year with Perikatan...
Sunday, 19 Mar 2023 7:00 AM MYT
Unlike previous gatherings held by the PH lynchpin party that would see leaders try to get the grassroots fired up, this event was rather a tame affair as the main representatives of the party currently sit in the ruling aisle of the Dewan Rakyat. After decades of fighting for justice in support of Anwar who was politically persecuted back in 1998’s Reformasi movement days and working to get him to be the prime minister, PKR is now in a more transitional mode.As such, the party and discourse among its grassroots would now focus on realising the “Madani” concept outlined by Anwar as his government’s ideal, as hinted by PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail during a press conference a few days before the congress.
Echoing their leader, PKR’s vice-presidents and wing chiefs chided Opposition lawmakers that pandered to extremist views that could dampen the government’s effort to install ethnoreligious harmony. PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim looks on during the Special PKR Congress at Malawati Stadium March 18, 2023. — Picture by Sayuti ZainudinIn the last decade, PKR and PH have tried to make inroads in the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, but with little progress. It seems this year they have chosen practicality by accepting their minuscule chances there.
Vice-president Chang Lih Kang echoed Saifuddin by saying that it is a realistic aim, but urged for strong opposition voices in both Kelantan and Terengganu state assemblies.
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