“A few of the named individuals were directly involved in rigged elections, which caused internal divisions within the party,” he said in a statement today.

It is uncertain who he was referring to.

Rafizi Ramli, who lost the contest for the deputy presidency in the PKR polls in November to Azmin, has been appointed as a vice-president.

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim announced that the former Pandan MP would join the three other vice-presidents, namely Tian Chua, Dr Xavier Jeyakumar and Zuraida Kamaruddin.

Anwar said the decision was made following a meeting of the central leadership, which discussed the appointments.

Rafizi’s appointment comes less than two weeks after Nurul Izzah resigned as a vice-president and as the party’s Penang chief.

In his statement today, Azmin added that these decisions, which came after fierce party polls, must take into account the views of the party grassroots and should be in line with the party’s original vision.

“The recently-announced appointments do not reflect the principles of fair and just representations, in line with party members’ aspirations, and will not help the party move forward,” he added.

Azmin also hit out at Anwar’s decision to maintain Saifuddin Nasution as PKR secretary-general.

“The secretary-general is an important position which must be held by someone professional and qualified in his management and administrative duties.

“He needs to carry out his responsibilities in line with the party’s unanimous decisions, and not through his own convictions,” Azmin stated.