Team Rafizi bags 13 of 20 PKR leadership seats

Chan Kok Leong Mohd Farhan Darwis Chan Kok Leong, Mohd Farhan Darwis Updated 1 year ago · Published on 17 Jul 2022 12:27PM · 2 Comments

Thirteen of the 26 candidates PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli had endorsed have won seats on the party's central leadership council. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, July 17, 2022.

NEWLY elected PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli’s anti-big tent team saw a sweeping victory at the party’s central leadership committee (CLC) elections, winning 13 out of 20 seats. 

The 13 are from a list of 26 candidates Rafizi had endorsed in the run-up to the CLC elections yesterday. 

While former education minister Maszlee Malik topped the list with 1,091 votes, the next three rungs were taken up by people on Rafizi’s list. 

The three were Johor Baru MP Akmal Nasir (956 votes), Permatang Pauh youth chief Romli Ishak (878) and former deputy prime minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s political secretary Fahmi Zainal (817).

Other Rafizi-endorsed candidates who won were Nurin Aina Surip, Lee Chean Chung, Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, Gerald Hans Isaac, Simon Ooi Tze Min, Wong Chen, Raiyan Abdul Rahim, Tan Kar Hing, Zahir Hassan and Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik.

One of the biggest surprises was the entry of Hans Issac, who had recently lost the Ampang division chief race.

“Big tent” refers to a strategy promoted by some in Pakatan Harapan (PH) as well as president Anwar Ibrahim and his supporters to collaborate with other non-PH parties to ensure Barisan Nasional does not return to power in the coming general elections.

Rafizi, however, is strongly against it, saying PKR and the opposition need a new narrative to win back voters disillusioned by party-hopping, frequent changes in government, and the weak economy.

The full list of CLC members is as follows: 

Maszlee Malik (1,091 votes)

Akmal Nasir (956 votes)

Romli Ishak (878 votes)

Fahmi Zainol (817 votes)

Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri (804 votes)

Nurin Aina Surip (797 votes)

Lee Chean Chung (788 votes)

Siti Aisyah Shaik Ismail (783 votes)

Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (739 votes)

Gerald Hans Isaac (720 votes)

Simon Ooi Tze Min (703 votes)

Wong Chen (697 votes)

Raiyan Abdul Rahim (697 votes)

Tan Kar Hing (648 votes)

Zahir Hassan (642 votes)

David Cheong Kian Young (622 votes)

Hee Loy Sian (619 votes)

Amidi Abdul Manan (612 votes)

Elizabeth Wong (598 votes)

Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (594 votes) – July 17, 2022.

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  • Hear that, Anwar? Accept the verdict and you might stand a chance

    Posted 1 year ago by Joe nuts · Reply

    • Afraid he is too old to change just like the other fellow, they are just stuck up to bow down gracefully and the problem with anwar is that he still yearns to be PM and too engross with that where he can't reads the writing on the walls

      Posted 1 year ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply