
Najwan, who was sacked as Selangor PKR Youth chief last year, slammed the wing’s current head, Akmal Nasir, for failing to draw the interests of youths, with PKR losing them to other parties like Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s Muda.
“My view is that Adam can bring a new breath of life that can attract the interests of youths to PKR again. This term, PKR Youth looked weak and lethargic, as though it was sidelined from the national movement of youths.
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“People are more attracted to Muda than PKR Youth or Pakatan Harapan Youth. It’s an open secret that PKR Youth is a weak wing that has no attraction for youths,” he told FMT.
The Kota Anggerik assemblyman said the wing needed to come to terms with the fact that it was nearly non-existent to most youths, whether it liked it or not.
Yesterday, Adam announced that he will be contesting for the PKR Youth chief’s post in the upcoming party elections, with lawyer Kamil Munim being his running mate for the number two post.
He said that his team, known as Seangkatan, would also have three vice-chief candidates and 20 executive council candidates.
Adam will be competing against another former student activist, Fahmi Zainol, for the Youth chief’s post. Fahmi’s team comprises Rawang assemblyman Chua Wei Kiat, Batu MP P Prabakaran and Melaka Youth chief Prasanth Kumar.
Najwan described Adam as a young leader who was not just capable of mobilising youths at the grassroot level, but also an intellectual who had a grip on issues and ideas.
“This is what we want in the PKR Youth leadership,” he said, describing Adam as the right man for the post in this “critical” time.
He maintained that his call for change in the wing’s leadership had nothing to do with his removal as Selangor PKR Youth chief, saying he was magnanimous when it came to politics.
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