12-29-2022, 10:01 AM
After Zuraida’s sacking from PBM, what now?
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KUALA LUMPUR – Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin’s sacking from Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) marks the end of a miserable year for the former cabinet member, who enters the new year without a party for the first time in her political career.
Having joined PKR as one of its earliest members in 1999, Zuraida rose through the ranks in the party, culminating in her election as vice-president in 2018 as well as serving as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) women chief at the time.
It was also under PKR that she made her electoral debut, contesting and winning the Ampang parliamentary constituency for three consecutive terms from 2008.
However, political factionalism led her and several other leaders aligned to Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to leave the reformist party in February 2020, joining Bersatu to form the new government then. She was later appointed as a supreme council member.
But it was not until this year that her political life slid downhill.
On May 9, after a falling out with the top leadership, she was issued a show-cause letter by Bersatu for participating in several PBM activities, with her loyalty in question.
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Having joined PKR as one of its earliest members in 1999, Zuraida rose through the ranks in the party, culminating in her election as vice-president in 2018 as well as serving as Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) women chief at the time.
It was also under PKR that she made her electoral debut, contesting and winning the Ampang parliamentary constituency for three consecutive terms from 2008.
However, political factionalism led her and several other leaders aligned to Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to leave the reformist party in February 2020, joining Bersatu to form the new government then. She was later appointed as a supreme council member.
But it was not until this year that her political life slid downhill.
On May 9, after a falling out with the top leadership, she was issued a show-cause letter by Bersatu for participating in several PBM activities, with her loyalty in question.
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