Parti Keadilan Rakyat pretends to be a progressive party but it is not!

EXCLUSIVE The truth can be a bitter pill to swallow when it is not flattering.

And the truth about PKR, in the eyes of deputy presidential hopeful Zaid Ibrahim, is that the party and its leaders are not being honest with themselves.

Zaid stressed that there is nothing that he has experienced in the party which indicates that it is ready to play a leading role as an agent of change in the political arena and said, “PKR pretends to be a progressive party but it's not, and we have to move to the next level. (The direct elections are) part of the learning process, so we should respect the ketua cabang (division heads)... don't pressure them. If they want to nominate (Batu MP) Tian Chua, let it be. If they want to nominate (Padang Serai MP N) Gobala(krishnan), let it be..."

While there is always a danger of falling into the same trap that has ensnared Umno, where a “certain class of people” are allowed to entrench themselves in the system with little room for anyone else, the core of Zaid's message is to impress on all PKR members that only when they reach a level of sophistication and maturity that assures a stable democracy, can they safely say that they are worthy of representing the interests of the people