Kenyataan Media Presiden Dr Wan Azizah berkenaan Pemecatan Zul Hassan

KEADILAN SOKONG PECAT ZUL HASSAN

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan) menyokong keputusan Kerajaan Negeri Perak untuk memecat Ahli Majlis Daerah Perak Tengah, Zul Hassan ekoran kenyataannya yang mengaku terima habuan khidmat seks tetapi disifatkan sebagai "sedekah".

Kenyataan sedemikian telah memperlekehkan usaha Pakatan Rakyat ke arah pembentukan sebuah kerajaan yang menghormati kepercayaan rakyat.

Bagaimanapun, tindakan Kerajaan Negeri Perak yang pantas dan tegas dalam menangani isu ini memperlihatkan kesungguhan Pakatan Rakyat bagi memastikan pegawai kerajaan benar-benar berpegang pada etika dan moral, dan bukan sekadar cakap kosong.

Zul Hassan yang juga ahli KeADILan akan dihadap ke Jawatankuasa Dislpin Parti untuk menjelaskan kenyataannya yang menyamakan habuan seks dengan "sedekah".

KeADILan berpendirian bahawa amat penting untuk pegawai tinggi berkelakuan baik agar menjadi teladan generasi muda. Maka kami menyokong penuh tindakan yang diambil ke atas Zul Hassan dan tindakan selainnya yang diambil ke atas sebarang salahlaku asalkan terdapat bukti kukuh.

Kami tidak akan bertoleransi dalam isu salahlaku yang melibatkan mana-mana pegawai kerajaan, tanpa mengira parti dan jawatan, sebaliknya mengatasinya dengan serius.

Akhirnya kami ingin mengesahkan bahawa Mohammad Imran Abdullah yang juga terlibat dalam skandal seks tersebut bukan ahli keADILan. (tamat)




DR WAN AZIZAH WAN ISMAIL
Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat


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PRESS STATEMENT
29 September 2008


SACKING OF PERAK TENGAH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR


Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KeADILan) welcomes and fully supports the decision by the Perak state government to sack Perak Tengah district councillor Zul Hassan.

Zul Hassan, who is under probe by ACA, had not only issued a statement confessing to illicit sex, but also justified his action by saying that he was induced into committing the immoral act.

Such a statement makes a mockery of Pakatan Rakyat's pledge towards a government that respects the trust of the people.

The Perak government's swift action shows its seriousness in putting into practice Pakatan Rakyat's commitment to ensure that morality and ethics are upheld by those in public offices and not merely expressed in words.

Towards that end, Zul Hassan will be dealt with by Keadilan's 's disciplinary committee and will have to explain the remark, when he made comparison of his inability to succumb to temptation to someone who is being offered "sedekah" (charity).

It is important that good conduct comes from the top in order to set an example for the younger generations. As such, we fully back the action taken on Zul Hassan and will support whatever action taken in future as and when there is enough evidence of wrongful conduct.

Once again, we reiterate our uncompromising stand that any wrongdoing by any office holder, without regard to party affiliation or post, should not be tolerated and dealt with severely.

Meanwhile we wish to confirm that Mohammad Imran Abdullah also mentioned in the said scandal is not a member of Keadilan. (End)



DR WAN AZIZAH WAN ISMAIL
President, Parti Keadilan Rakyat