Azmin leads race, but yet to win deputy presidency, says PKR central election committee chairman

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): PKR central election committee (JPP) chairman Datuk Rashid Din says Datuk Seri Azmin Ali (pic) has taken the lead, but is yet to win the race for the party deputy president's post.

“He (Azmin) is indeed leading, but yet to win,” Rashid said this when asked to comment on the victory announcement made by Azmin's camp in the race for deputy president post on Sunday (Nov 11).

Rashid, when contacted by Bernama on Monday (Nov 12), said the vote-tallying process for the polls is still pending due to thousands of "undi ragu" (doubtful votes) which had yet to be included and the delay of the results of three divisions, namely, Tawau, Pensiangan and Julau.

“He (Azmin) is indeed leading, so the word ‘wins' should be replaced with ‘leads', as the vote-tallying process has yet to conclude.

"There is still a lot more work for us (JPP) to do, the final decision will only be obtained after all ‘undi ragu' has been processed,” he said.

Rashid, however, did not give details on the number of doubtful votes.

According to the website https://www.pemilihankeadilan2018.com, thus far, only six states have the final results, namely, Penang, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and the Federal Territories.

On Sunday, Azmin's camp announced that the Economic Affairs Minister had defeated former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli and won the deputy president post in the party elections.

According to the unofficial results uploaded on Pemilihan Keadilan 2018 Twitter account, Azmin garnered 70,550 votes while Rafizi received 66,594 votes.

Meanwhile, Rashid said the vote-tallying process and the election results of several divisions would be completed before the PKR National Congress 2018 takes place from Nov 16 to 18. - Bernama