Former PKR lawmakers bash Pakatan at PKN launch

Chan Kok Leong Elill Easwaran Chan Kok Leong, Elill Easwaran Updated 5 years ago · Published on 23 Aug 2020 3:17PM · 5 Comments

Malacca tourism executive councillor Jailani Khamis speaks in Slim today, asking voters to cast their ballot in favour of Perikatan Nasional. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, August 23, 2020.

MINISTER for International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali’s Penggerak Komuniti Negara (PKN) political group has launched its by-election operation centre in Slim less than 24 hours after the Bersatu national congress in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

At a ceremony held at Tasik YDP in Slim this morning, former PKR vice president Zuraida Kamarudin led a small group of lawmakers from Malacca, Perak, Penang and Johor to take turns bashing their former paymasters, Pakatan Harapan.

“They had no time for people’s problems because they were constantly politicking,” said Malacca’s tourism executive councillor Jailani Khamis, speaking to a crowd made up of around 50 Makkal Sakti and MIC supporters.

“Whenever there were complaints of flooding in Malacca, the PH exco would take their sweet time to resolve the issue, while jostling to see who would be prime minister,” Jailani told the gathering.

The Rembia assemblyman also told the crowd to vote for Barisan Nasional’s Mohd Zaidi Aziz on August 29.

In addition to Zaidi, there are two other candidates contesting the by-election: former Bersatu member Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi and Santhara Segaran Subramaniam.

Amir, who has now joined Pejuang is backed by PH.

“PH politicians had no experience, compared to Perikatan Nasional,” said Jailani, who won his constituency as a PH rep in 2018.

Meanwhile, Kuala Kurau assemblyman Abdul Yunus Jamhari said that PKN must work to deny the PH candidate any chance of victory.

“During the last elections in 2018, we worked to ask people to vote for PH here and the candidate (from Bersatu) managed to win by 6,144 votes, by winning two polling stations.

“This time, we must work to deny them at these locations,” said the former PKR leader, who has now joined Bersatu.

During the congress yesterday, Azmin said that his group of former PKR elected lawmakers have decided to join Bersatu.

After the event, 45-year-old V. Shankar said: “I am here only because Makkal Sakthi asked me to come show face.”

Meanwhile, K. Ramachandran said that he planned to vote for BN anyway because it had done more than PH.

“Although BN didn’t do much, it was more than PH. While they took money, they still gave to the poor.

“Among all the people here at the gathering, the ones who are eligible to vote number less than 30. The rest are just here for the food,” said the Slim resident. – August 23, 2020.

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  • While they (BN) took money, and PH didnt take money, I will vote for BN because they gave me some pocket money. We still have idiots like this? Dont care if the country is ruined in the future because BN took money, this fool will vote them I !!!

    Posted 5 years ago by Alphonz Jayaratnam · Reply

  • This bunch of desperados soon be crying, hahaha PKN, they hoping voters mistaken them for PKR

    Posted 5 years ago by Chai Hin Goh · Reply

  • I for one, voted for PH because I wanted to move away from BN - because they are very EXPERIENCED in stealing rakyat's money!

    Now Jailani, who are you to claim you won because of your charisma?

    I dare say majority of us voted for PH, irregardless of the candidate.

    It's time for Malaysia to vote for party (meaning if the current MP deceased, the party can fill another person without having another election) instead of individual - this will prevent future katak phenomena.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tavern Folks · Reply

  • LOL hahahahahaha as these are nothing but just an election pledges and condemning the other side, its nothing new. Best part we only see these people during election seasons with all sorts of Hu-ha. Mantra has always being CASH is KING so much so the rural folks are openly admitting its ok to steal with condition give some back to the needy folks. How do we to turn this country as a develop nation if the citizen are condition to be dependable to the government.

    Posted 5 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • DAP not long in the government also steak rakyat money

    Posted 5 years ago by Ty Tiko · Reply