Hutan Melintang PKR man quits party?
In the letter, he cited dissatisfaction with the PKR leadership as a reason to turn independent
K Pragalath, FMT
Two-term Hutan Melintang state assemblyman S Kesavan has allegedly quit PKR to be an independent assemblyman.
A source from the Perak Speaker’s office confirmed receiving a party resignation letter purportedly from Kesavan, and is trying to verify if the letter was indeed sent by Kesavan.
FMT also obtained a copy of a letter allegedly signed by Kesavan. He could not be contacted to confirm the resignation.
The letter is dated Jan 2 and is addressed to Perak state legislative assembly speaker SK Devamany. It was received by Devamany’s office today.
In it, Kesavan declared that he was quitting PKR effective immediately after losing confidence and dissatisfaction with the PKR leadership.
The state assemblyman first won the seat in 2008 by polling 7,804 votes against MIC candidate S Thangaswari. He defended his position in 2013 by polling 10,155 votes in a four cornered tussle.
News of this resignation letter has taken Perak DAP by surprise with its state chief Ngeh Koo Ham reportedly saying that he was not informed of the matter.
PKR supreme council member Mustafa Kamil Ayub meanwhile was reported to have said in a mainstream news portal that Kesavan did not mention his intention when he met him during the party’s supreme council meeting last month.
Meanwhile, in a twist of events, PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil denied Kesavan had submitted a resignation letter to the state speaker.
“After receiving an explanation from YB Kesavan, PKR confirms that he had never sent that letter, nor has he quit the party,” Fahmi said in a brief statement.
“YB Kesavan has also been advised to lodge a police report over the fake letter,” he added.
