PKR to decide next week if polls results need auditing

 

PKR will decide by next week whether to audit the results of the party election, said party election committee chairperson Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

Zaliha was quoted by The Star as saying that this was the result of complaints by former Perak PKR chief Farhash Wafa Salvador.

"They asked for a forensic audit. That is fair for me. So, we can consider that to show our integrity.

"We will make a decision as soon as possible, because we are looking at a few more things, such as the complaints. We should come to a decision within a week," she said.

She told The Star there were "a few hundred complaints" from election candidates.

"We have a complaints panel to look at it. Some complaints are about (vote-counting irregularities), but we are still detailing it," she said.

PKR held its triennial leadership election earlier this month. The official results will only be announced during the party's annual congress on June 25 and 26.

The election was conducted using the Adil smartphone application. Votes were cast either in person on a tablet computer, or remotely on designated dates.

The election process saw Farhash failing to unseat Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shaari as the Gombak division head.

Among others, Farhash claimed the vote-counting process was conducted without the presence of scrutineers.

As for Terengganu PKR chief Azan Ismail, he claimed there were discrepancies in some divisions on the number that registered to vote and the number that actually voted. - Mkini