Kelantan PKR head Ab Aziz Ab Kadir has appointed the recently sacked state PKR Youth (AMK) chief Dr Hafidz Rizal Amran as the new "coordinator" for the state AMK.

Ab Aziz said he had done so because he did not recognise the sacking, nor the appointment of Mohd Khairul Amin Abd Rahman as the party's new state youth chief.

He explained that the removal of Hafidz and the appointment of Khairul was undemocratic and did not fulfil PKR Youth's rules.

"Article 14.4 of PKR Youth's standing orders clearly states that negotiations with PKR Youth branches and the state PKR chief must precede the appointment of state youth chief...