Dr Wan Azizah is both the Kajang assemblyman as well as Permatang Pauh MP, replacing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who was jailed for second sodomy charge in February.— Picture by K.E. Ooi

PETALING JAYA, Sept 30 — Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail told #Merah169 leader Datuk Jamal Md Yunos today to cancel his plan to hold a Kajang rally, claiming most of her constituents are satisfied with her performance so far as assemblyman.

The PKR president also claimed that Jamal’s plan was just a diversion tactic aimed at shifting attention away from issues involving Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“I read the Malay Mail Online report this morning...They (Kajang folk) all said no problems so no need for rally,” she told a news conference here.

“This is a diversion tactic from real problems facing the country. Talk about the haze, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), and why the PM has been getting negative publicity,” Dr Wan Azizah added.

According to a street poll conducted by Malay Mail Online yesterday, while Kajang residents are divided in their views on their assemblyman Dr Wan Azizah’s performance to date, many believe a mass rally to protest her alleged incompetence as proposed by Jamal, is unnecessary.

Dr Wan Azizah is both the Kajang assemblyman as well as Permatang Pauh MP, replacing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who was jailed for second sodomy charge in February.

Previously, Malay Mail Online reported the voters here as disgruntled and unhappy that Dr Wan Azizah would have her attention halved, after winning the Penang federal seat in the by-election earlier this year, which may cause her to ignore Kajang’s problems.

On Monday, News Straits Times reported Jamal as saying that he would plan another mass rally in Kajang to protest her alleged incompetency in the constituency after speaking to several voters here.

“I have on three occasions met with Kajang folk, comprising Malay, Chinese and Indians who claimed they had previously supported Wan Azizah but have since felt they were cheated and were disappointed with her.

“Most of the residents claimed she had yet to resolve their flash flood woes, which cost traders hundreds of thousands of ringgit in losses,” he told the English language daily.

Jamal played a prominent role in the #Merah169 rally in Kuala Lumpur on September 16, which was marred by racial insults and brief episodes of chaos.