Selangor BN has thrown its support behind party-less Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's bid to remain as MB, after the sultan consents to him staying as state executive chief.
According to Bernama, BN deputy chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin said there are no conditions to BN's supports for Khalid, who was sacked from PKR on Saturday.
"If you ask how we will benefit by supporting him (Khalid), we ourselves do not know how we will gain," he is quoted as saying.
He, however, admitted that BN fears a leadership change would undermine the water industr restructuring deal and construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant.
"In such a situation, whom should be support? For the federal government, it has to be ascertained that the fate of the people in Selangor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur is not undermined but is safeguarded through the agreement reached.
"In my opinion, if there is a leadership change, there may be demands to change this and that which can have a major impact on the water issue and welfare of the people in Selangor and the Federal Territory (of Kuala Lumpur)," he reportedly said.
"Selangor is an important state and it is for this reason that we feel that it is better not to have a change in leadership, even though Abdul Khalid is not from a BN party."
Muhyiddin (right) said that BN's Selangor assemblypersons will vote for Khalid if a vote of no confidence is called against the MB.
BN has 12 assemblypersons in the Selangor legislative assembly.
To command majority support, Khalid will need all 15 PAS assemblypersons to back him.
PAS will meet on the matter on Aug 17, but has instructed is its members on the state executive council to stay put.
"PAS members on the Selangor exco must continue with their duties until a new decision is made," PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali said in a Facebook post this afternoon.
DAP and PKR, which hold 28 seats in the House, has urged the MB to call an assembly sitting so a motion of no confidence can be tabled.
'Act swiftly'
Meanwhile, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said that it was urgent and imperative for all of Pakatan Rakyat's 43 state assemblypersons to declare their allegiance following BN's move to back Abdul Khalid.
"Time is of the essence following the rapid pace of developments in the political situation in Selangor and the country.
"All processes of political decision-making have no choice but to be accelerated if Pakatan is not to be seen as incapable of responding to fast and high-speed political changes," he said in a statement today.
Echoing this, electoral reform group Bersih urged Pakatan to quickly convene its 43 state assemblypersons to determine their new coalition leader.
"Once Pakatan presents its new leader elected by its caucus, his royal highness will then know for certain which state assemblyperson is 'commanding the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly', as per his constitutional duty in appointing the menteri besar.
"This is in accordance to Article 53(2)(a) of Selangor State Constitution," it said in a statement this evening.
Bersih also urged the Selangor sultan to allow the determining of Pakatan's support be done in the state assembly.
Abdul Khalid today said the Selangor sultan consented for him to remain as menteri besar after claiming he still retains majority support in the state assembly.
However, PKR and DAP have disputed this, saying that their collective 28 state assemblypersons were not in support of him, which makes up half of the House.
Faekah quits PKR
Meanwhile, Faekah Husin, a top strategist for the menteri besar, today quit from PKR over the expulsion of her boss from the party.
Faekah, who was formerly PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's political secretary, submitted her resignation letter to the PKR headquarters today.
Contacted later, Faekah toldMalaysiakini that she had "lost confidence" in the party.
Faekah was seconded from Wan Azizah's office to Khalid's office in 2009, also as a political secretary until 2013.
She is presently Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) chief executive officer.
According to the letter addressed to PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution and sighted by Malaysiakini, it accused PKR of deviating from the party's principle in dealing with Khalid's sacking.
"The manner and action taken by the party's main leadership against Abdul Khalid clearly deviates from the values of justice which has been the party's struggle since it was formed on April 4, 1999," it said.
According to Bernama, BN deputy chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin said there are no conditions to BN's supports for Khalid, who was sacked from PKR on Saturday."If you ask how we will benefit by supporting him (Khalid), we ourselves do not know how we will gain," he is quoted as saying.
He, however, admitted that BN fears a leadership change would undermine the water industr restructuring deal and construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant.
"In such a situation, whom should be support? For the federal government, it has to be ascertained that the fate of the people in Selangor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur is not undermined but is safeguarded through the agreement reached.
"In my opinion, if there is a leadership change, there may be demands to change this and that which can have a major impact on the water issue and welfare of the people in Selangor and the Federal Territory (of Kuala Lumpur)," he reportedly said.
"Selangor is an important state and it is for this reason that we feel that it is better not to have a change in leadership, even though Abdul Khalid is not from a BN party."
Muhyiddin (right) said that BN's Selangor assemblypersons will vote for Khalid if a vote of no confidence is called against the MB.BN has 12 assemblypersons in the Selangor legislative assembly.
To command majority support, Khalid will need all 15 PAS assemblypersons to back him.
PAS will meet on the matter on Aug 17, but has instructed is its members on the state executive council to stay put.
"PAS members on the Selangor exco must continue with their duties until a new decision is made," PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali said in a Facebook post this afternoon.
DAP and PKR, which hold 28 seats in the House, has urged the MB to call an assembly sitting so a motion of no confidence can be tabled.
'Act swiftly'
Meanwhile, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said that it was urgent and imperative for all of Pakatan Rakyat's 43 state assemblypersons to declare their allegiance following BN's move to back Abdul Khalid.
"Time is of the essence following the rapid pace of developments in the political situation in Selangor and the country.
"All processes of political decision-making have no choice but to be accelerated if Pakatan is not to be seen as incapable of responding to fast and high-speed political changes," he said in a statement today.Echoing this, electoral reform group Bersih urged Pakatan to quickly convene its 43 state assemblypersons to determine their new coalition leader.
"Once Pakatan presents its new leader elected by its caucus, his royal highness will then know for certain which state assemblyperson is 'commanding the confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly', as per his constitutional duty in appointing the menteri besar.
"This is in accordance to Article 53(2)(a) of Selangor State Constitution," it said in a statement this evening.
Bersih also urged the Selangor sultan to allow the determining of Pakatan's support be done in the state assembly.
Abdul Khalid today said the Selangor sultan consented for him to remain as menteri besar after claiming he still retains majority support in the state assembly.
However, PKR and DAP have disputed this, saying that their collective 28 state assemblypersons were not in support of him, which makes up half of the House.
Faekah quits PKR
Meanwhile, Faekah Husin, a top strategist for the menteri besar, today quit from PKR over the expulsion of her boss from the party.
Faekah, who was formerly PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's political secretary, submitted her resignation letter to the PKR headquarters today.
Contacted later, Faekah toldMalaysiakini that she had "lost confidence" in the party.Faekah was seconded from Wan Azizah's office to Khalid's office in 2009, also as a political secretary until 2013.
She is presently Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) chief executive officer.
According to the letter addressed to PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution and sighted by Malaysiakini, it accused PKR of deviating from the party's principle in dealing with Khalid's sacking.
"The manner and action taken by the party's main leadership against Abdul Khalid clearly deviates from the values of justice which has been the party's struggle since it was formed on April 4, 1999," it said.
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