Hundreds of angry delegates mobbed the interior division’s secretariat in an attempt to get their hands on the ballot papers that ran out after 300 ballots were given out to the delegates.
As tempers flared at the Perkasa Hotel venue on Saturday evening, PKR’s election director for the Tenom division Nazri Udoi decided to call off the meeting and blamed the state PKR election secretariat for miscalculating the number of delegates.
"We received 300 ballots but we have about 2,000 delegates,’’ he said, adding that all 300 ballots that were cast would be destroyed in front of the candidates vying for various positions in the Tenom division committee.
Incumbent Tenom division chief Masdin Tumas is being challenged by Adris Taripin and Daniel Rigay.
Sabah PKR chairman Datuk Lajim Ukin said only the Tenom meeting was cancelled and expect it to be held on May 10 after they get the green light from PKR headquarters.
"Apart from Tenom, the division meetings (being held over on Saturday and Sunday) have been smooth in Sabah,’’ said Lajim, who was returned unopposed as Beaufort division chief.
Lajim, who is Klias state assemblyman and state opposition leader, said there were complaints but generally the whole election process has been going on smoothly.
Of the state’s 26 divisions including Labuan FT, 21 divisions are seeing fierce contests for the chief positions.
Among those being challenged is former Sabah PKR chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini, who is defending his Sandakan division chief post against two other contenders.
By Muguntan Vanar
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