KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The Prime Minister today congratulated Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) president Datuk Dr Abdul Fattah Abdullah on being elected as International Cooperative Alliance Asia Pacific (ICA-AP) vice-president for the term 2022- 2026.
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob through a post on his Facebook page said the election showed the confidence and trust of the international cooperative leaders in the leadership and wisdom of the cooperative movement in Malaysia which is seen as progressive, systematic and viable.
“Congratulations! Malaysia created history when it won the ICA-AP vice-president seat at the 15th ICA-AP regional assembly which was organised in a hybrid manner in Seoul, South Korea ” read the post.
Abdul Fattah who is also ASEAN Co-operative Organisation (ACO) president is the second person from Malaysia to be elected as ICA-AP vice-president after the late Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid.
A statement from Angkasa said that the election was conducted through Electronic Voting System (EVS) and earlier Abdul Fattah was also re-elected as a member of the ICA-AP board for a period of four years.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency
