We’ll study calls to discipline 9 PKR MPs, says Fuziah

We’ll study calls to discipline 9 PKR MPs, says Fuziah

The party secretary-general says the central leadership council will discuss any action to be taken when it meets in two weeks.

PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh said the report from the 19 party divisions in Johor will be studied to determine if the nine MPs had violated party rules.
PETALING JAYA:
PKR is looking into calls to take disciplinary action against nine of its MPs over their press conference to demand the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry into judicial appointments and alleged interference in the judiciary.

Its secretary-general, Fuziah Salleh, said calls for the nine  to be temporarily suspended for their actions would also be looked into, Bernama reported.

She said the feedback from various party divisions would be tabled at the central leadership council meeting scheduled to be held in two weeks.

“I am aware of the report by the divisions. So for now, the secretary-general’s office will look into it and decide on any further action to be taken,” she was quoted as saying.

According to Fuziah, the report would be studied as per the party’s code of ethics to determine whether the nine MPs had violated party rules.

“I am just carrying out my duty. The central leadership council will discuss the matter and make a decision. We have a code of ethics, so it needs to be studied whether their actions violated it or not,” she said.

On Friday, 19 PKR divisions in Johor called for Rafizi Ramli and eight other PKR MPs to be suspended after the group called for the establishment of an RCI, and a hearing by the parliamentary select committee following delays in the appointment of top judicial positions, which they said amounted to a constitutional crisis.

The division chiefs said the MPs’ actions not only breached party discipline and ethics, but also cast a negative light on the prime minister’s leadership and opened the door to political manipulation by rivals.

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