Mizan Adli Mohd Noor and Mohd Ramly Ahmad have demanded a detailed explanation for their dismissal which comes just days before the party’s national convention in Melaka next week.

They urged the PKR central political bureau to probe the issue, warning that the party ran the risk of being deregistered by the Registrar of Societies.

“We were chosen by the grassroots and the decision should rightly be given to them, not to the rigid and narrow leadership that has veered from the original ideology of PKR,” they said in a joint statement.

A letter, dated Nov 27, signed by the PKR Youth national secretary Ahmad Syukri Che Ab Razak, stated that the party was terminating their positions on the basis that they were above the age of 35, and that they had received more votes than the number of delegates who showed up at last year’s PKR Youth National Convention.

This comes in the midst of a tussle between two factions in PKR, with one siding party president Anwar Ibrahim and the other his deputy, Mohamed Azmin Ali.

The rift has resulted in disputes, including who is to open the youth wing’s congress and the recent Sarawak PKR convention, which took place despite state chief Baru Bian maintaining it should be cancelled.

Mizan and Ramly said the election of the permanent chairman and permanent deputy chairman of the youth wing was to be made during the PKR youth congress, adding that their sacking went against the party’s constitution.

They said PKR’s constitution did not limit the age of the chairman to 35, nor did it state that delegates could only vote once. They blamed the central election committee for the messy election process.