PKR Youth wants PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan to retract his remarks that Anwar Ibrahim was unfit to be prime minister as he was an ex-convict.
Youth chief Akmal Nasir, in a press statement, described Takiyuddin as harbouring malice against Anwar, who is PKR president.
He claimed that the PAS leader had also indirectly shown his disrespect to Kelantan ruler Sultan Muhammad V, who gave Anwar a full pardon last year when he was the then Agong.
"On May 16, 2018, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong had given an unconditional full pardon to Anwar Ibrahim, meaning that the Sodomy II conviction against him was cast aside and thus he is not considered a convict.
"He was also allowed to contest in elections, which means that the issue of the five-year ban under Article 48 of the Federal Constitution does not arise.
"Takiyuddin's statement was clearly made with ill intention to insult Anwar, and indirectly belittles the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's decision to give Anwar a full pardon," Akmal said.
Akmal claimed that Takiyuddin had also failed to understand the country's law despite himself being a lawyer.
During a ceramah in Sandakan on Wednesday, Takiyuddin had questioned whether the people want "convict" PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as future prime minister. - Mkini
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