The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) effectively lost the Selangor government when embattled Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sacked all PKR and DAP executive councillors in Selangor today.
Five of the affected councillors received their letter of termination today while one executive councillor, Rodziah Ismail from PKR, is out of the country.
Khalid's move leaves him and four PAS state executive councillors as the state government. It is not known whether the PAS national leadership is aware of the sackings and its stand on the issue.
PAS has insisted its decision on replacing Khalid as the PR menteri besar will only be made on August 17.
The PKR and DAP national leadership will hold an emergency meeting tonight and are expected to make their stand after the meeting.
The three DAP exco members are Datuk Teng Chang Khim, V.Ganabatirau and Ean Yong Hian Wah, while the three PKR excos are Elizabeth Wong, Dr Daroyah Alwi and Rodziah Ismail.
Khalid said: “These excos have made several statements and signed a letter for a bloc to be made for the purpose of decreasing the effectiveness of the exco.
“Therefore I have written to the Sultan to ask that these exco do not carry on their duties in the Selangor state government,” he said.
However, Khalid said he had yet to write to Rodziah as she was overseas.
With the sacking of the six exco members, the remaining Selangor exco members are all from PAS.
They are Iskandar Abdul Samad, Dr Halimah Ali, Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Sallehen Mukhyi. – August 12, 2014.
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