SHAH ALAM: Selangor Umno slammed the state PAS as being a “dishonourable opportunist” for remaining in the state government even after terminating its political cooperation with PKR which heads the administration.
Selangor Umno liaison committee chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar said Selangor PAS was making an unreasonable claim that it wanted to fulfil the mandate of the people given in the last general election.
The mandate of the people is based on the DAP-PKR-PAS manifesto that had former Selangor men-teri besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim at the helm, he said.
“If PAS says PKR had violated the political cooperation, why must PAS remain in the Selangor government? PAS and PKR are like a divorced husband and wife who still want to live together.
“I am convinced the three (Selangor) PAS executive councillors will not resign. They want to show they are prepared to set aside the party struggle for power,” he told reporters here.
Noh said he did not rule out the possibility that the PAS stand would lead to party hopping by PAS members, state assemblymen or state executive councillors.
“If PAS was to leave the Selangor government, Pakatan Harapan (DAP-PKR-Parti Amanah Negara) will still have the numbers to have a new administration,” he said.
Noh said the people of Selangor should be wise in making a com-parison and decide whether they want a political pact with an unending crisis or the solidarity and unity of Barisan Nasional.
The Syura Council, the highest decision-making body in PAS, decided on Thursday to terminate the political cooperation with PKR.
The decision jeopardises the position of the three PAS state exco men – Datuk Iskandar Samad, Datuk Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Zaidy Abdul Talib – but Selangor PAS commissioner Sallehen Mukhyi said yesterday they would remain in the state government until the dissolution of the state assembly. – Bernama
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