PM ANWAR ATTENDS PKR SPECIAL CONGRESS TO AMEND PARTY CONSTITUTION

SHAH ALAM, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is attending the PKR Special Congress here today, held to amend the party’s constitution.

The congress was convened after the 2024 PKR National Congress, scheduled to take place in Johor today, was postponed due to floods affecting several states.

Anwar, who is also the PKR president, was received by top party leaders, including deputy president Rafizi Ramli when he arrived for the congress, which is being conducted in a hybrid format as some delegates are from flood-affected states. 

Also present are PKR secretary-general Dr Fuziah Salleh and information chief Fahmi Fadzil.

Previously, Fuziah was reported as saying that the Special Congress would, among others, make amendments to the party constitution related to the number of delegates, as well as gender and ethnic quotas.

She said the amendments would align with the principles of democratic participation, granting party members the right to vote for leaders in future elections.

Meanwhile, PKR Management Committee adviser and Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the proposed amendments will reflect the practices of gender, ethnic and age diversity, based on the principles of participatory democracy and proportionate representation.

He said the party’s constitution is inherently dynamic and cannot remain static forever.

“The party must be responsive to changes in the country’s political climate,” he said in a Facebook post today.

Saifuddin Nasution said the party’s constitution has been amended several times in its 25-year history. Among the most significant changes were renaming the party to Keadilan from its original name Parti Ikatan, merging Keadilan with Parti Rakyat Malaysia and implementing the one-man, one-vote system for party elections.

-- BERNAMA