PKR veteran Hassan Karim:
Party must change 'undemocratic' state chief selection
Source : malaysiakini.com/news/706964
This news report is published on May 28, 2024 5:44 pm by Malaysiakini , the writer is Alyaa Alhadjri and The above picture is added by Sahabat Rakyat.
He said while the party allows ordinary members to elect the president and supreme council members, the current practice where the president appoints the state chiefs is undemocratic.
“This practice must be changed,” said the Pasir Gudang MP.
“The party’s constitution must be amended through a Special National Congress so that it is no longer the president who appoints the state chiefs to lead the State Leadership Councils,” Hassan told Malaysiakini today.
He was asked to comment on criticism against PKR by human rights lawyer Charles Hector Fernandez that the practice raises concerns now that the party is part of the federal government.
“We need to consider party constitutions as they can be indicative of the kind of government we can be getting if we vote such a party into government.
“The (party) constitution indicates the values and principles that a political party advocates - democracy or.... (otherwise),” said Fernandez in a blog post yesterday.
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim
The lawyer, who questioned the government’s commitment to institutional reforms, including on the long-promised return of local government elections local government elections, cited Clause 21.7 of PKR’s constitution.
He said the clause also provides for other internal political appointments including filling the party’s secretary-general post now held by Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
He pointed out that Saifuddin is an appointed senator rather than a democratically elected member of Parliament.
Reduce president`s autocratic powers
Commenting further, Hassan said the power to appoint PKR state chiefs should be returned to the leaders of the state branches.
They could hold secret votes among themselves after the conclusion of the party’s annual national congress.
“This provision must be included in PKR’s new constitution to replace the current undemocratic provision that existed since the party’s formation in 1999.
“This amendment is important for PKR to be a fair and democratic party, and to reduce the autocratic powers that is now held by the president,” he stressed.
“This will be a reform for PKR, a party that has touted the ‘Reformasi’ slogan for 25 years.
“Now the time has come to change so PKR will be more vibrant, popular, and truly practise democracy,” said Hassan.
On Sunday, PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil announced that the party’s central leadership council led by Anwar has reshuffled its state leadership.
Changes were made to the heads and deputies of chapters in Sabah, Pahang, Johor, Terengganu, Kelantan, and the Federal Territories.
In 2022, after PKR’s party election held ahead of the 15th general election, Anwar divided the state chief positions in the peninsula among party deputy president Rafizi Ramli, and vice-presidents Chan Lih Kang, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Aminuddin Harun, and Amirudin Shari.
He also named the party’s Keningau chief Sangkar Rasam as the Sabah PKR chief, who has now been replaced by Sepanggar MP Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Sakmud, as well as lawyer Roland Engan who has been retained as the Sarawak PKR chief.
公正党元老哈山卡林疾呼:
党必须改变"不民主"的
各州(分部)主席的委派
本文是《当今大马》（英文版）2024-05-28 17:44刊出，由Alyaa Alhadjri撰写的新闻报导而由《人民之友》所作的华文译稿。全文如下（上图为《人民之友》编者所加）——
他说，虽然公正党允许普通党员选举党主席和党最高理事会成员，但是，目前由党主席任命各州（党分部）主席的做法是不民主的。
这名公正党元老，也是巴西古当国会议员。他说：“这种做法，必须改变。”
哈山卡林今日告诉《当今大马》：“公正党必须通过全国特别代表大会修改党章，以便不再由党主席任命州（党分部）主席来领导州理事会。”
上图为公正党主席安华
一名人权律师查尔斯•赫德（Charles Hector ）批评公正党的这种（党主席任命区部主席）的做法引起人们的担忧，因为公正党已是联邦政府的一部分。他要求哈山卡林对他的批评表示意见。
他说，“我们需要考虑政党章程，因为它们可以表明如果我们选举投票让这样的政党进入政府，我们可以得来什么样的政府。”
“（党）章程表明了政党所倡导的价值观和原则——民主或……（其他），” 查尔斯在他昨天的一篇贴文中表示。
查尔斯•赫德质疑政府对制度改革（institutional reforms）的承诺，包括长期以来承诺的恢复地方政府选举。他援引公正党党章第21.7条文，支持其说法。
他说，这条文还为党主席提供其他的内部政治任命，包括目前由内政部长赛夫丁填补的党秘书长职位。
他指出，赛夫丁是委任上议员，而非民选国会议员。
削减党主席的专制权力
哈山进一步评论说，任命公正党州（党分部）主席的权力应该归还给州（党分部）的领导人。
他们可以在党的年度全国代表大会结束后进行内部秘密投票选出。
他强调“这项条款必须纳入公正党的新党章，以取代自1999年创党以来就存在的不民主规定。
“这项修正案对于公正党成为一个公平和民主的政党以及削减党主席现在拥有的专制权力，是非常重要的。”
哈山说，“这将是公正党的一项改革，这是公正党25年来一直宣扬的‘Reformasi’口号。
“现在是做出改变的时候了，以让公正党变得更有活力、更受欢迎，并真正践行民主。”
5月26日（周日），公正党宣传主任法米•法兹（Fahmi Fadzil）宣布，由安华领导的该党中央理事会已更换多个州属的领导层。
沙巴、彭亨、柔佛、登嘉楼、吉兰丹和联邦直辖区的分会主席和代表发生了变动。
2022年，公正党在第15届全国大选之前举行党选后，安华将半岛的主要职位分配给党副主席拉菲兹•南利和副主席陈立康、努鲁依莎、聂·纳兹米和阿米努丁•哈伦和阿米鲁丁•沙里。
他还任命该党的根地咬主席桑卡•拉沙姆（Sangkar Rasam）为沙巴公正党主席，目前由实邦加国会议员穆斯塔法@莫哈末尤努斯•萨克穆德（Mohd Yunus Sakmud）以及律师罗兰•恩甘（Roland Engan）接替，后者被保留为砂拉越公正党主席。
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