Latheefa urged to reconsider resignation

Selangor PKR deputy chairman Zuraida Kamaruddin credits Latheefa Koya for the new political culture in PKR and the local council.

PETALING JAYA: Selangor PKR wants PKR information chief Latheefa Koya to reconsider her decision to resign as a Petaling Jaya councillor.

Selangor PKR deputy chairman Zuraida Kamaruddin in a statement said: “While Selangor PKR respects her decision, we also want her to reconsider her decision as she had been very instrumental in driving new political culture in the party as well as the local authority.”

Zuraida, who is also Ampang MP and the party’s Wanita wing chief, said this in response to Latheefa’s resignation as Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) councillor.

Zuraida also revealed that Latheefa had quit as the PKR councillors whip as well.

In Latheefa’s resignation letter dated yesterday, she stated that the exposure of an internal email to the media is the reason for her resignation.

In the email to Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, she allegedly had questioned the state policy on housing for the poor.

Zuraida also reminded the state government to be more open to criticism, especially those that are done in confidentiality as in Latheefa’s case.

Selangor PKR also expressed its regret over the manner the state government “had taken the issue in its own hands” without consulting the party’s state leadership.

This is because the state government had been mulling over sacking Latheefa earlier. Sources said that Khalid had put the motion during a state exco but no decision was made.