“The experts are working tirelessly, and the election committee is confident that its findings will clarify all doubts and questions regarding the integrity of the elections,” PKR election committee chairman Dr Zaliha Mustafa said in a statement.

She added that, for this reason, the election committee would need more time before they can submit the names of the winners of the polls for the secretary-general’s office to finalise the congress’ attendees.

“The party’s elections complaints panel will continue to look into complaints lodged by party members through the official party channels,” she said.

This morning, PKR central committee member Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid said the congress scheduled for June 24 to 26 at the IDCC Shah Alam has been postponed to July 15 to 17.

He said this was decided by the election committee at a meeting yesterday, adding that it was a unanimous decision.

On June 5, Zaliha said the party was open to conducting a forensic audit after Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak, a former aide to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, claimed that nearly 28,000 votes went “missing” during the party elections.

Farhash, who asked the party to hold off the congress until a forensic audit was completed, also noted that the election committee had received more than 900 complaints and that the results of several of the 222 divisional contests were under protest.

Actor-director Afdlin Shauki, who was defeated in his bid to become the Setiawangsa division chief, also claimed that 222 ballot papers were missing when the votes for the division were counted.

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