Khalid wins Kuala Selangor, declines division's No. 2 nomination

from Malaysia Chronicle by admin@ malaysiachronicle

KUALA SELANGOR (Bernama) - Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim Sunday declined the nomination for the post of party deputy president by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Kuala Selangor division at its annual general meeting and elections, here.
(Khalid won the division chief post by a 700-odd vote majority - Malaysia Chronicle)

At the meeting, current party president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was also nominated for the post.

At a press conference after the meeting, Khalid said he declined the nomination because he felt that Wan Azizah was longer with the party and had more experience than him.

With that, only Wan Azizah was nominated for the post by the division.

Khalid who also qualifies to contest the vice-president post, said he would decide on this on Oct 5.

On claims that many party members from Bandar Tun Razak were present at the Kuala Selangor divisional elections, Khalid who is also Bandar Tun Razak member of parliament, said they were there voluntarily to distribute food to the party workers and denied they were phantom members.

At the AGM, the Kuala Selangor division nominated PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the president post, Dr Wan Azizah for the deputy president post, and Mohamed Azmin Ali and Mustafa Kamil Ayub to be retained as vice-presidents.

The division also nominated Khalid and former Federal Territory PKR deputy chairman R.Suresh Kumar for the vice-president post.

In the contest for division chief post, Abdul Khalid was being challenged by former division Youth head Mazli Saring and ordinary member and former teacher Muhammad Kamil Vaanan Abdullah.

More than 6,000 members were eligible to vote in the division's elections this time.

Meanwhile, the nominations by the Tanjung Karang division were as follows:

President: Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Deputy president: Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Vice-presidents: Nurul Izzah Anwar (Lembah Pantai MP), Dr Xavier Jayakumar (Seri Andalas assemblyman), Yahya Sahri (division chairman) and R. Suresh Kumar.

At the Selayang divisional meeting, the nominations were: President: Datuk Seri Wan Azizah.

Deputy president: Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Vice-presidents: Dr Xavier Jayakumar, Dr Lim Boon Chye (Gopeng MP), Yahya Sahri and Tian Chua (Batu MP).

Mohamed Azmin has so far received 92 nominations for the No. 2 post, while Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has 35, Mustafa Kamil 17, Tian Chua two and Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh one.

-- BERNAMA