Saturday, 30 August 2014

SELANGOR MB CRISIS: ONLY THE CONSTITUTION MATTERS... NOTHING ELSE

Photo: Following past precedence and convention, PKR, DAP sticking to Wan Azizah as SOLE MB candidate despite Sultan asking for 4 names from Pakatan for him to choose. http://tinyurl.com/m2u7rf3 PKR and DAP ( NOTE: PAS is now IRRELEVANT and MARGINALISED in Pakatan policy making) is standing by their decision to nominate ONLY Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the Selangor menteri besar candidate. This is despite Selangor Sultan's decree that each party in Pakatan Rakyat submit three names to him. In the statement, PKR and DAP said the sultan had last year accepted Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as the sole candidate for the MB’s post, despite similarly requesting more than one nominee. Because of that, PKR and DAP said it is upholding the sultan's decree and therefore will present Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah's candidacy for the sultan's consideration, in line with the convention practised by PR in 2013, AS SHE HAS THE SUPPORT OF AT LEAST 30 ASSEMBLYMEN. The statement was signed by PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and DAP publicity chief Tony Pua. PKR and DAP also confirmed in their statement that the SULTAN HAD ACTED ACCORDING TO CONVENTION WHEN HE REQUESTED MULTIPLE NAMES BE SUBMITTED TO HIM. The statement from PKR and DAP said, "The Sultan of Selangor had also decreed that each party from PR nominate more than one candidate when appointing the menteri besar in 2013," (citing a letter on May, 2013.) "After taking into account the Sultan of Selangor and the convention that was practised before this in appointing the menteri besar, the PR parties nominated only one name which was Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim for the sultan's consideration in 2013. "The nomination was consented and accepted by the Selangor Sultan." A copy of the May 7, 2013 letter, addressed to PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, the late Karpal Singh who was then DAP chairman, and Dr Wan Azizah, revealed that the palace had requested four menteri besar candidates from the coalition. Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday a letter nominating only Wan Azizah for the position had been sent to the palace, and was signed by himself, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng AND PAS deputy president Mohamed Sabu. ------- PAS is now superfluous in Pakatan politics. That should be the way FROM NOW until GE 14, unless PAS grassroots root out its current president and his PRO-UMNO faction in PAS. No use asking PAS to participate in Pakatan policy discussion as its President has shown to break all agreements reached whenever he likes and creating unnecessary uncertainties in trying to govern the state. It is the polite way of letting PAS know to get its house in order fast or leave the coalition. Enough is enough.
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