PKR POLLS | Penang PKR members in Penang have urged the party to clarify the confusion and problems arising due to the e-voting system in the party election which kicked off yesterday.
PKR Youth deputy chief Afif Bahardin said based on observations and surveys at branches where the polls were held today, members were dissatisfied with the voting process.
"The election process this time is being done using new a system, and what we saw is that PKR election committee was not ready to carry out the election, causing various problems.
"So we urge PKR, especially the election committee and PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, to take full responsibility for the issues and to provide an explanation to all members," he said during a press conference here tonight.
He said incidents such as names of candidates and voters missing from the e-ballot system were very disappointing and an embarrassment to the party.
Afif, who is contesting for the post of Youth chief, said his team would send an official protest letter to PKR election committee calling for the Penang election results to be cancelled, and to hold the election again as many candidates were dissatisfied.
Earlier there was confusion when the leadership lineup, including PKR election committee chairperson Rashid Din wanted to leave the hall after the press conference by committee secretary Ismail Yusop at the same place.
A group of Penang PKR members present at the election committee press conference tried to clash with the election committee leadership causing a scuffle with chairs thrown at each other.
Afif and several state PKR leaders later calmed the situation and dispersed the incident.
- Bernama
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