A Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Women central leadership council member questioned the party disciplinary board’s recent suspensions and sackings of at least 500 party members, including PKR Women chief Haniza Talha and Batu Lintang assemblyperson See Chee How.
Ginie Lim (photo) today claimed that these actions, which also included the board issuing a show-cause letter to party vice-president Tian Chua, showed that PKR has strayed from its principles of justice.
She urged such actions to cease so that all party leaders and members could instead unite to help the people fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Melaka PKR Women chief alleged that Tian Chua, Haniza and See were among the minimum of 500 members who had either been expelled or suspended from the party since April 1.
The Alor Gajah PKR branch chief said that PKR used the movement control order (MCO) as an opportunity to suspend and sack party members in order to avoid protest or opposition from members.
The Machap Jaya assemblyperson alleged that the disciplinary board’s move is clearly hasty following the online emergency meeting of the PKR central leadership council (MPP) on March 21.
“However in that meeting, no names were tabled for the MPP to decide any punishment such as sacking or suspension of membership, or strip or suspend from (party) positions in line with Item (d) of Article 9 of the party constitution.
“How far did the sacking of membership in accordance with Article 9 of the party constitution? Were the cases involved complaints received by the (party) disciplinary board which it investigated and proposed decision for MPP to determine the punishment?
“Was the MPP emergency meeting on March 21 authorised the (party) secretary-general to determine any punishment for the cases involving complaints from party members?” she said in a media statement issued today.
Lim was responding to the recent reports of Haniza’s suspension, Tian Chua having received the show cause letter, and the sacking of See among others, following the emergency MPP online meeting on March 21.
It was also reported that other PKR members such as PKR Women’s Wing information chief Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah, popularly known as Ratu Naga, received official notice of her sacking from the party on April 9.
“The issue now is not about the political survival of Tian Chua, Haniza Talha or See Chee How, or whether they declared leaving the party, but the public perception over the party that practice a culture of favouritism and allegation of selective prosecution against those who dare to air differing views.
“Party president Anwar Ibrahim himself had been a victim of selective prosecution and political conspiracy. PKR was established to fight injustice in order to restore things to its proper place.
“Therefore, it is very regretful when the party punished party members due to differing views and actions that are regarded as jeopardising the party’s interest. Punishment on reasons of thoughtcrime and pre-emptive actions will continue to erode the party’s democratic and progressive spirit,” Lim said.
She urged the party to never forget the anniversary of the Black 14 incident, which referred to the time that the Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced Anwar to six years jail over four corruption charges on April 14 1999, as well as the time that Reformasi activists were detained without trial under the then Internal Security Act (ISA) in 2001.
Lim added that the activists’ action was aimed at showing solidarity to Anwar, and that in the end the ISA was later abolished thanks to the struggles and sacrifices of the people. - Mkini
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