Bersatu Supreme Council member Saifuddin Abdullah said the rules and eligibility criteria for candidates were clearly outlined in the party’s constitution.
he said in a statement.Clause 14.14 of the Bersatu constitution grants the Supreme Council the authority to provide some flexibility for all candidates contesting in this election,
He was responding to an Utusan Malaysia report alleging favouritism and cronyism, with Clause 14.14 not being enforced fairly for elections for the Supreme Council and vice-president’s posts.
The report quoted a source as saying that the decision to relax the criteria was only made at a recent Supreme Council meeting after more than 90 nomination forms for positions on the council and eight for the vice-president’s posts had been submitted.
On July 13, party president Muhyiddin Yassin said secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin had been proposed to take over the role of deputy president, while Azmin Ali was to replace Hamzah in a bid to avoid conflicts over the top positions.
According to the plan, Ahmad Faizal Azumu is to step down as deputy president and run for one of the three vice-president’s posts instead.
Saifuddin said the Supreme Council decided to relax the eligibility criteria for the positions of president, deputy president and vice-presidents to allow candidates who have served for one full term on the council to contest the posts.
Previously, candidates needed to have served two full terms as Supreme Council members to contest the posts.
he added. - FMTSimilarly, for the elections for Supreme Council membership, the requirement for candidates to have three years of membership has been reduced to two. This further promotes democracy within the party,
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