Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia has listed five possible outcomes from the PAS central committee meeting tomorrow to decide the party's stand on the Selangor menteri besar issue, but it has cautioned the Islamist party not to be a "yes man" to its allies, DAP and PKR.
PAS's Shura Council and other senior leaders have made known their views, saying they were standing by Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, pending a final decision.
But yesterday, as the crisis threatened to end the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa wrote a stinging open letter accusing Khalid of making the party a pawn in the latter's bid to remain as MB.
Observers say PAS's decision tomorrow will be a make or break the coalition as it goes through its most serious crisis of unity, sparked by PKR's decision to terminate Khalid as the MB, as well as top PAS leaders' opposition to replace him.
Utusan, which has always insinuated that PAS has been forced to kow-tow to DAP and PKR in the PR coalition, said the Islamist party was now staring at five options.
These include going with the PAS Shura Council's decision to support Khalid, proposing another candidate to replace Khalid while rejecting the choice of PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, backing the dissolution of the state assembly, or supporting Dr Wan Azizah as the new MB.
Yet a fifth outcome of tomorrow's meeting, according to Utusan, was for the party to keep mum.
The paper repeated its charge that PAS had been ignored by its allies.
"PAS's stand in defending Khalid despite his sacking by PKR, since he has got the consent of the Selangor Sultan, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has revealed the true faces of its allies," the paper said, adding that PAS had been given the ultimatum to follow DAP and PKR even before its leaders meet tomorrow.
Utusan added that DAP and PKR "didn't say anything when two PAS state assemblymen ‘betrayed’ (PAS) by supporting Dr Wan Azizah”.
The paper was referring to Hulu Kelang and Morib assemblymen, Saari Sungib and Hasnul Baharuddin, who are among the 30 Selangor elected representatives who have pledged support for Dr Wan Azizah.
It said in the event PAS agreed to state elections, the party would not be part of the PR coalition owing to its stand in the current crisis.
It said in the event PAS agreed to state elections, the party would not be part of the PR coalition owing to its stand in the current crisis.
Party-less Khalid has so far remained adamant by staying in power, saying the sultan has requested that he remain the MB until August 27, when the ruler returns from abroad.
- TMI
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