KUALA LUMPUR – PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today stressed that the party is not spared from having treacherous and corrupt members.
He called on all members to continue to uphold and defend the idealism of the party's struggle, rejecting any element of corruption, abuse of power, and treachery.
“We (need to) strengthen the machinery (and) increase understanding. Are we a perfect party? No...there are also treacherous leaders, those who start amassing wealth when they get positions. In Keadilan, we see that there are also those who are corrupt.
“(We) must return to polish the idealism of the party’s struggle...reject corruption, arrogance, and abuse of power. Do not allow the emergence of leaders, state governments, or figures who (will) build factions to stab us in the back like what we faced before,” he said in his policy speech at the PKR 2020 annual national congress today.
The national congress, which was supposed to take place on June 6, was held entirely virtually, following the implementation of the movement control order, which is still in force.
It was held today after being ordered to be postponed by the National Security Council and Registrar of Societies on June 4.
Anwar’s speech, followed by about 2,000 delegates, also touched on the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, saying that Malaysia would get out of the crisis fast only by speeding up the vaccination process. – Bernama, June 20, 2021
