Saifuddin confirms show cause letter sent to Zuraida
PUCHONG: PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today confirmed a show-cause letter and letter of demand have been issued to party vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin.
Saifuddin said the party’s disciplinary board has issued the show-cause letter while the letter of demand against her was personally filed over alleged defamation made against him.
“A show-cause letter has been issued by PKR’s disciplinary board.
“The letter of demand contains her speech she made containing elements of accusation and defamation against me and I have issued in my personal capacity and it has nothing to do with the party,” he said after Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry monthly assembly in Putrajaya.
Meanwhile, when asked if Zuraida had replied to the show-cause letter on January 18, Saifuddin said he was not aware of the matter as it was under the disciplinary board.
“I do not know whether she has returned the letter or not [answered the show-cause letter], but what I am waiting for from Zuraida is the letter of demand to her, that is all,” he said.
The party’s disciplinary board has reportedly begun investigating various reports of misconduct involving senior party members and leaders including Zuraida who is believed to be related to the incident during and after the 2019 PKR National Congress in Melaka last December.
Zuraida and party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali were among the leaders who boycotted the last day of the congress on December 8, and instead held a gathering at the Renaissance Hotel to criticise their own party leaders.
Apart from Saifuddin, who was criticised during the gathering, others include communications director Fahmi Fadzil and party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s political secretary Farhash Wafa Salvador.
By Irman Hashim