KUALA LUMPUR: The PKR Selection Committee today finalised the candidacy of 11,282 nominations to contest the central leadership council and divisional level posts in its party polls this year.
Its chairman Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the figure included 20 candidates for the central council, including Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was confirmed as the sole candidate for the PKR presidency, thus keeping the post for a second term.
She said the committee received 11,290 nominations for the PKR 2022 election, but eight individuals failed to pass the screening after going through the protest and appeal process.
"Objections to candidates were only accepted for around eight people for obvious reasons such as bankruptcy and being blacklisted by the Registrar of Societies.
"Congratulations to the 11,282 candidates who passed the screening and qualified to join the final list of nominations, including 20 candidates for the top leadership.
"Once again, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has emerged as the sole presidential candidate without any contest," she said in a statement today.
The full list of these candidates can be viewed on the Election 2022 website at https://pemilihankeadilan2022.com/
Currently, the committee is preparing to hold the physical and online voting phase, which is scheduled to take place from May 13 to 22, for which the circular has already been issued," she added.
Based on the PKR election portal, two nominations were received for the post of deputy president: former Pandan member of parliament Mohd Rafizi Ramli and current PKR secretary-general, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Apart from that, 17 candidates will be involved in the tussle to grab four vice-president positions, including Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and Anwar's former political secretary, Farhash Wafa Salvador.
Also among those nominated for the posts are Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun; PKR Wanita chief Fuziah Salleh; PKR information chief Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin; PKR organising secretary Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and PKR communications director, Fahmi Fadzil.
Two current vice-presidents, Nurul Izzah Anwar and Tian Chua, are not defending their position nor contesting any posts in the central council.
Meanwhile, Zaliha said a total of 96,983 PKR members had registered as online voters for the party's polls on the last day of the registration application yesterday. This included more than 700 party members living abroad in countries such as Australia, Brunei and Singapore.
"Any party member who does not have the opportunity can still perform the responsibility of physically voting at the polling station, which will be finalised in a few days," she said.
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