Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim – Bernama file photo
PUTRAJAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is sprucing up its general election machinery to face the 12th Sarawak state elections which is expected to be held at the end of next year or early 2021.
Its president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that the Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian would head the election machinery in the state assisted by party secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution and three vice-presidents Dr Xavier Jayakumar, Tian Chua and Ali Biju.
“They will embark on their tasks as soon as possible drawing up strategies, holding consultations with component parties and preparing a machinery which can give an effective foundation of struggle to face the state elections,” he told a media conference after chairing a PKR Central Leadership Council meeting here yesterday.
At the 11th state elections, Barisan Nasional won 72 of the 82 state seats contested, DAP won seven and PKR won three (Batu Lintang, Krian and Ba Kelalan).
He said the meeting also discussed the position of Sungai Siput member of Parliament, Kesavan Subramaniam who allegedly sexually harassed a woman, who was his former aide.
Anwar said PKR viewed the allegation seriously and urged the police to continue their investigation on the case. — Bernama