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KUALA LUMPUR: PKR sued its former Vice President Zuraida Kamaruddin for RM10mil, saying it severed a link that linked it to the party.
Secretary General Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, suing on behalf of PKR, filed the lawsuit through the law firm of Messrs. William Leong & Co in the High Court registry on Monday (September 28).
Zuraida, 52, was named the sole defendant.
In the claim statement, Saifuddin said that Zuraida posted a bond in which he promised to pay the party a sum of RM10 thousand in accordance with the terms and conditions that had been established.
The conditions of the bond included the defendant agreeing to pay the party RM10mil no later than seven days after events such as the defendant’s resignation from the party or joining any other political party or being an independent elected representative after the defendant occurred. I would have won the election with a PKR ticket.
According to Saifuddin, on February 24, Zuraida, along with 10 other PKR MPs, announced his resignation from the party without resigning from his elected position as Ampang MP.
He said that Zuraida, along with the other deputies, Parti Pribumi Bersatu, Barisan Nasional, PAS and Gabungan Parti Sarawak and others, formed a new bloc known as Perikatan Nasional.
This brought about the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government, allowing Perikatan to take over. Zuraida was appointed minister in the new government.
On the same day, the PKR leadership passed a resolution to terminate Zuraida’s membership in the party with immediate effect.
Saifuddin, in his capacity as general secretary, issued a certificate dated July 24 to confirm that Zuraida’s party membership has been canceled.
PKR claimed to have issued a demand letter dated August 7 that required Zuraida to pay the RM10,000 in accordance with the terms of the bond.
The notice of the lawsuit was published in the party newspaper and website Suara Keadilan on July 29.
Saifuddin said that Zuraida had failed, refused, and neglected to pay the sum or any part of it, and therefore had the right to claim the sum on behalf of the party.
The plaintiff said he relied on the provisions of Section 71 of the Contracts Act of 1950 to establish his right to recover compensation from the defendant.
It further said that the defendant enjoyed the benefits of being chosen as a party candidate and winning the Ampang MP seat and therefore it was unfair for the defendant to keep the benefits without paying compensation for the support she had received. .
The plaintiff is seeking the defendant to pay the party RM10mil under the bond, or alternatively, the sum of RM12,049,459.20, which includes RM2,049,459.20 for the remuneration received by the defendant as MP and Minister of Housing and Local Government. under Section 71 of the Act.
The plaintiff also seeks interest at a rate of 5% per annum from the date of the summons until full and final settlement, costs, and other repairs deemed appropriate by the court.
The matter was settled for case management before Deputy Registrar Norhatini Abd Hamid on October 27.
In an immediate statement, Zuraida claimed that the lawsuit was “an absurd claim in court” and “completely frivolous.”
“With no ideas for improving the rakyat, now they are based on sensationalism and cheap publicity stunts,” he said.
Zuraida added that in a democracy, elected representatives were free to leave their political parties and she was fired for it.
“I left PKR because it was no longer focused on the welfare of the people but on the ambitions of one-man prime minister.
“His clamor for taking the post of prime minister could be seen across the country during the 22 months of Pakatan’s rule and now in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.”
“To have stayed at such a thoughtless party would have been against my conscience,” he said.
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