[ad_1]
PETALING JAYA: Former PKR Vice President Zuraida Kamaruddin dismissed her ex-party’s lawsuit claiming RM10 million as a waste of court time and told the Anwar Ibrahim-led party to “do it.”
He said he was not surprised that PKR was filing “such an absurd claim” in court, adding that PKR now relied on “cheap hype and hype” as it was running out of ideas to improve people’s lives.
“I left PKR because it was no longer focused on the welfare of the people, but on the ambitions of a one-man prime minister.
“To have stayed at such a thoughtless party would have been against my conscience. As for this absolutely frivolous lawsuit against me, go ahead! it said today in a statement.
This comes after the PKR general secretary, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the party claiming RM 10 million from Zuraida.
The lawsuit is based on a bond in which Zuraida agreed to pay the party RM10 million in the event that she resigned from the party, joined another political party or became an elected independent representative.
Zuraida said the courts will not be able to enforce any agreement that violates the Federal Constitution, citing Article 10 of the Federal Constitution and the Federal Court’s decision in the case of Nordin Salleh against Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan.
“PKR seems to be unaware that in our democracy, elected representatives are free to leave their political parties. In fact, they fired me, ”he added.
Nordin (Sungai Pinang) had won his state seat in the then candidacy of Semangat 46 in the 1990 general election.
However, he defected to Umno in 1991. The Kelantan State Assembly amended the state constitution and passed an anti-jumping law that had retroactive effect from November 18, 1990.
The speaker then declared the seat vacant. Nordin again competed in a by-election, but lost.
He then sought legal recourse, and the Supreme Court in 1992 held that the amendment to the state constitution was designed to enforce party discipline, not place restrictions on state assemblymen.
The court said the amendment violated Article 10 of the Federal Constitution that guarantees freedom of association. Later, Nordin was reinstated as an assemblyman.
