PKR members who attend an alternative congress this weekend will be sacked from the party, said Anwar Ibrahim.

The party president was referring to talks of a parallel congress being held in Kuala Lumpur while the annual congress takes place in Malacca.

The alternative congress is supposedly planned by those who feel slighted by the party’s recent decisions on several issues.

Anwar said members who sabotage the party’s annual congress are committing a major offence.

“I am reminding these people that if there are attempts to derail the party’s unity, we will take severe action against them, including sacking them,” the Port Dickson MP told reporters at the Parliament lobby.

Anwar said he heard about the alternate congress but is certain only a small number would attend it.

“So far we have not heard of anything big on that. Maybe only an attempt by a small group, maybe about 10%.

“But I want to stress that so far about 83% of delegates have said they would be attending the official congress in Malacca.”

Yesterday Sarawak PKR deputy chairman Baharuddin Mokshen told The Malaysian Insight that the “Kembali ke landasan reformasi” (Return to the roots of reform) congress will go ahead as scheduled.

The alternative congress, to be held on the same dates as the official event this weekend, would take place at the Renaissance Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Another source in Sarawak had earlier told The Malaysian Insight the majority of the state’s party leaders and delegates invited to the national congress are instead heading to the one in Kuala Lumpur as reconciliation was “near impossible”.

The alternative congress is said to be aligned to supporters of PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali, who was earlier spurned by the PKR youth wing to officiate its convention.

However, the political bureau agreed yesterday to have Azmin officiate both the PKR youth and wanita meetings tonight. – December 5, 2019.