PKR and DAP have urged Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to prove that he has support from the majority of the Selangor legislative assembly.
Both parties said Khalid's claim is "doubtful" as PKR and DAP hold 28 seats, showing that the MB has lost support from half of the House of 56 members.
"PAS, meanwhile, has yet to make a decision on whether to support Khalid as MB, and the PAS central committee will only meet on Aug 17.
"Therefore, Khalid's statement to the palace that he commands majority support is doubtful," they said.
As such, they demand that Khalid call an assembly sitting so a vote of no confidence can be moved "to prove that he has support from PAS and Umno assemblypersons"
The parties said this in a joint statement issued by PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution and Selangor DAP chief Tony Pua.
They said that the only way Khalid can obtain majority support is if he has support from both PAS and Umno, which holds 12 seats.
"If the 12 Umno assemblypersons do not support Khalid then it is clear that he had provided false information to the Selangor sultan," they said.
We'll do anything to keep S'gor
The two parties also vowed to use "whatever methods in accordance to the Selangor constitution and related enactments" to ensure Selangor remains with Pakatan.
Pakatan's further action "to solve this matter decently" will be announced after leaders from all three member parties meet, they said.
Khalid this afternoon said that Sultan Sharafudin Idris Shah consented to him staying as MB, despite him being sacked from PKR.
The MB said he told the sultan that he still commands majority support of the House.
He also said that he is able to govern the state with only four executive council members from PAS.
PAS has four members, while PKR and DAP have three each in the exco line up.
The Selangor constitution states that only the MB can call for an assembly sitting.
However, the speaker can call a sitting if six months has lapsed without a sitting.
The speaker cannot vote on a motion of no confidence, unless the outcome of the vote is a stalemate.
Both parties said Khalid's claim is "doubtful" as PKR and DAP hold 28 seats, showing that the MB has lost support from half of the House of 56 members.
"PAS, meanwhile, has yet to make a decision on whether to support Khalid as MB, and the PAS central committee will only meet on Aug 17.
"Therefore, Khalid's statement to the palace that he commands majority support is doubtful," they said.As such, they demand that Khalid call an assembly sitting so a vote of no confidence can be moved "to prove that he has support from PAS and Umno assemblypersons"
The parties said this in a joint statement issued by PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution and Selangor DAP chief Tony Pua.
They said that the only way Khalid can obtain majority support is if he has support from both PAS and Umno, which holds 12 seats.
"If the 12 Umno assemblypersons do not support Khalid then it is clear that he had provided false information to the Selangor sultan," they said.
We'll do anything to keep S'gor
The two parties also vowed to use "whatever methods in accordance to the Selangor constitution and related enactments" to ensure Selangor remains with Pakatan.
Pakatan's further action "to solve this matter decently" will be announced after leaders from all three member parties meet, they said.
Khalid this afternoon said that Sultan Sharafudin Idris Shah consented to him staying as MB, despite him being sacked from PKR.The MB said he told the sultan that he still commands majority support of the House.
He also said that he is able to govern the state with only four executive council members from PAS.
PAS has four members, while PKR and DAP have three each in the exco line up.
The Selangor constitution states that only the MB can call for an assembly sitting.
However, the speaker can call a sitting if six months has lapsed without a sitting.
The speaker cannot vote on a motion of no confidence, unless the outcome of the vote is a stalemate.
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