Set aside ego for people who voted you, Azmin tells PAS, DAP

SHAH ALAM: Feuding Pakatan Rakyat partners PAS and DAP must not forget that their elected representatives were voted in by the people.

In view of this, both parties should bury the hatchet and continue serving the people under the Pakatan banner, said Selangor Mentri Besar Azmin Ali.

"Of course we have differing opinions, but as elected representatives, we also have a big responsibility towards the people who voted for us," Azmin told reporters after attending the monthly gathering for the state's civil servants.

He added that if not for the people's mandate, Pakatan Rakyat would not have formed the government in Selangor.

"When the people supported us in the last election, they placed their hopes on us. So we have to put aside all our problems, ego and personal grievances for the people," said Azmin.

He said Pakatan had gone through many tests in the past and found solutions for all.

Pakatan had plunged into a major crisis after DAP and PAS reignited their long time feud. To make matter worse, the Islamist party's cleric council passed a motion to severe ties with DAP during the recent PAS Muktamar.

Even though the motion has yet to be endorsed by the main party, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who is also DAP secretary-general, suggested that all PAS officials and elected representatives in the DAP-led state resign from their government posts.

Following Lim's suggestion, several PAS leaders holding positions in the state tendered their resignations.

Azmin said the current crisis must not be viewed negatively.

"Don't look at the crisis as a weakness. Don't look at it as a problem. This crisis must be looked at as an opportunity for all the leaders to set aside their egos and make the people's interests their priority," said Azmin.