Timbalan Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Dr Syed Husin Ali semalam mengangkat sumpah sebagai Ahli Dewan Negara untuk tempoh tiga tahun.Upacara itu diadakan di hadapan Yang Dipertua Dewan Negara, Datuk Wong Foon Meng di bangunan Parlimen di sini.
Syed Husin, 63, yang dilantik oleh Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, berkelulusan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah daripada London School of Economics dan bergiat dalam politik sejak 50 tahun lalu.
Ditemui selepas upacara itu, beliau berharap dapat menyumbang idea sebaik mungkin untuk kepentingan rakyat.
(PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali was sworn in today as a senator for a three-year term before Dewan Negara president Wong Foon Meng in the Dewan Negara.
Syed Husin, 73, who was nominated by the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, is a founder member of Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram), a human rights NGO.
He has a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and has been engaged in politics for the last 50 years.
Approached by Bernama after he had taken his oath, Syed Husin said he hoped to share his views on matters which would be beneficial to everyone.
Syed Husin, was leader of the Party Rakyat Malaysia, before his party merged with Keadilan to create PKR.
A Universiti Malaya professor, Syed Husin was arrested in the 70s and spent six years under the Internal Security Act.)
source:bernama
Tahniah, Senator Dr. Syed Husin Ali. A down to earth leader who should be the PM instead of those corrupted UMNO leaders..........
cheers.
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