Bagan Serai member of parliament Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri today announced his decision to quit PKR to become an Independent.
Mohsin, who was elected to represent the northern Perak constituency, is the third PKR MP to quit in four weeks.The other two were Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Hashim and Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng.
Moshin was accompanied by former PKR secretary-general Salehuddin Hashim at the press conference in Kuala Lumpur where the announcement was made this morning.
Salehuddin had also appeared at the press conferences during which the other two PKR parliamentarians made their 'quit PKR' announcement.
According to Moshin, he decided to leave the party over his disagreement on the party's stand on the 'Allah' issue. PKR has advocated that use of the word is not exclusive to Muslim.
Mohsin said that his faith in PKR and Pakatan has been eroded over the party's failure to restore the political principles and sovereignty of Islam.
His faith was particularly shaken when the much-talked about Pakatan's Sept 16 takeover bid did not happen as proclaimed by Anwar.
He also complained of late, that there has been too many power struggles within the party with treachery and back stabbing becoming the order of the day.
Mohsin lamented that these has affected his ability to perform his duties as an MP effectively within the party structure.
As such, he is resigning from PKR and letting go of all party posts, though he will remain as Bagan Serai parlimentarian as an independent. He denied that he has been co-opted by any party.
Salehuddin: I'm not the mastermind
Meanwhile, Salehuddin denied he was the mastermind behind the spate of defections from PKR.
He maintained that he was present at the press conferences because those former PKR elected representatives, who are his friends, called him up to expressed their dissatisfaction and ask for his advice.
According to Salehuddin, PKR should not make a stand on the controversial 'Allah' issue when there is opposition from party members.
"The decision was made by one or two people without debate, so it has caused anxiety among grassroots leaders," he said.
Mohsin, a first-term parliamentarian, beat Zainal Abidin Zin of Umno in the 2008 general election by 3,413 votes, in a constituency of 47,111 voters.
With the departure of Mohsin from PKR, the party now holds fewer seats than opposition ally DAP.
DAP has 28 seats, while PKR now has 27 and PAS 23.
However, DAP leaders yesterday indicated that they will continue to support PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim as parliamentary opposition leader.
courtesy of Malaysiakini
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