Anina: Why did Bersatu leadership lie to me?

Former Bersatu leader Anina Saadudin wants to know why the party’s leadership had lied to her on the status of its youth wing.

In a statement today, she recalled how Bersatu secretary-general Shahruddin Md Salleh had said that the party had yet to establish its Srikandi (women’s) wing as of December last year.

Anina, who was stripped of her post as Srikandi chief last year, had said that she believed it was in done in relation to a lurid text messaging scandal that she was implicated in.

Anina's appointment as Srikandi chief was reported the month prior, along with the rest of Bersatu's leadership line-up.

However, Shahruddin had said that the issue of Anina being stripped of her post as Srikandi chief did not arise as the wing was not in existence yet.

Anina claimed that Bersatu deputy president Mukhriz Mahathir himself had informed her in front of Shahruddin that only the party’s Armada or youth wing was registered.

“So I was shocked when I found out that the Armada wing does not exist even today in the Registrar of Societies’ (ROS) system. This means that the oath-taking and appointment of all youth leaders are invalid.

“Why is there a need to lie to me and party members at the time and how many more lies will the Bersatu leadership make?” asked Anina.

She quit Bersatu in September this year, citing her dissatisfaction with party president Muhyiddin Yassin (photo) and Mukhriz’s leadership, among others.

Malaysiakini has contacted Shahruddin and is awaiting his response on the matter.

Meanwhile, Anina expressed hope that Muhyiddin will not cite grounds of locus standi in relation to her if she were to criticise Bersatu as a party that does not practice good governance based on integrity.

“I want to ask the president and deputy president – where is the fight for accountability, integrity, and transparency?

“Answer my question instead of hiding behind party members and sending keyboard warriors to attack me on social media.

“If the party’s founding members can be lied to, tell me, how can I be confident that you will not lie to the rakyat?”- Mkini