15 PKR Sabah leaders now call for overhaul of state leadership
Pensiangan chief Raymond Ahuar dismissed assertions that Sabah PKR remains steadfast under Rasam’s leadership.
(The Vibes) – THE divisional leaders from Sabah PKR who initially demanded the resignation of Datuk Sangkar Rasam as the state party chairman, are now pressing for an overhaul of the whole state leadership.
Speaking on behalf of the 15 divisional PKR leaders, Pensiangan chief Raymond Ahuar dismissed assertions that Sabah PKR remains steadfast under Rasam’s leadership while signalling the problems the party will face if he no longer has the support of the majority of the state divisional leaders.
“It is widely known there are 26 divisions including Labuan under the Sabah PKR, and 15 have signed sworn statements rejecting Rasam.
“This means 11 branch chiefs are not involved. However in reality seven of the divisional chiefs are also with us, while four others have chosen to abstain,” he said in a statement in Kota Kinabalu.
Ahuar also pointed out the deception of the opposing group, stating that Rasam had been re-appointed by the party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in late February during a restructuring of state leadership in all states.
He said the restructuring had excluded Sabah and Sarawak and was only done in six peninsula states to fill the vacant positions of several state chairmen as some of them had been appointed to the position of deputy and vice presidents of PKR.
Ahuar further said that the reappointment of Rasam as Sabah PKR last month was also unconstitutional if it indeed had happened last month.
He said Rasam’s so-called reappointment had violated Article 21.8 of the PKR constitution where the selection of a state chairman would be based on the advice of the elected divisional chiefs to the PKR president.
