Akmal Nasir to appeal PKR election results after ouster as JB chief

Free Malaysia Today

23-04-2025

Johor Bahru MP Akmal Nasir failed to defend his post as Johor Bahru PKR chief, winning just 587 votes. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA : Akmal Nasir, who was ousted as Johor Bahru PKR chief at the recent party election, will appeal the poll results on grounds of irregularities.
Akmal claimed that he had failed to retain his post while those aligned with him had won, describing it as 'odd'.
In a post on X, he claimed that 10 of the 20 who had been elected to the division's committee were from his camp.
A similar outcome was also observed in the youth and women's wings, he said.
'An objection has been filed with the central election committee,' he said in a post on X.
Akmal, the deputy energy transition and water transformation minister, failed to defend his post as Johor Bahru PKR chief, winning just 587 votes.
The two-term Johor Bahru MP lost to Taufiq Ismail, who garnered 709 votes.
Akmal however claimed that he had in fact garnered 949 votes, 'much more than the official count'.
He said his team had clear proof of the number of votes he had received, including voter lists with signatures, official Form 14s signed by polling station heads, and photos of the voting process.
His campaign manager, whom Akmal identified as Stanley, also made a statutory declaration to confirm the number of votes he received.
'I urge party members to remain calm as the objection is being reviewed by the election committee,' Akmal said.
Akmal, a former PKR Youth chief, became Johor Bahru PKR chief in 2014. He is currently the party's strategic director.
He is among the slew of prominent incumbent PKR divisional leaders who were recently ousted, as party members opted to elect lesser-known figures in the party's divisional elections.
Others include PKR vice-president Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad who failed to defend his position as Setiawangsa PKR chief, and youth chief Adam Adli who suffered a heavy defeat when vying for the post of Hang Tuah Jaya PKR deputy chief.