KUALA LUMPUR: The decision by two Selangor assemblymen from Pas to break ranks with the party by supporting the ouster of Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is unprecedented.
Pas secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali admitted this yesterday night after a two-hour meeting at the party’s headquarters here.
“This has never happened before.
“However, we have to be fair and allow an investigation to be conducted before any action can be taken.
“We have also not fixed a deadline as to when the probe should be completed,” he told reporters.
Mustafa added that he had instructed Selangor Pas commissioner Iskandar Abdul Samad to submit a report of the incident to the party’s leadership.
Yesterday, PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail claimed that 30 Selangor assemblymen, including herself, had signed a statutory declaration to express their loss of confidence in Khalid’s leadership.
Among them included two assemblymen from Pas, Shaari Sungib (Hulu Klang) and Hasnul Baharuddin (Morib).
“I would like to clarify that they (the two assemblymen) did not act upon the party’s instructions.
“They did it at their own will,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mustafa remained non-committal when pressed by reporters on whether Pas supported Dr Wan Azizah or otherwise.
“Gender is not an issue here but we have given our views on her (Wan Azizah) candidature to PKR.
“I will not disclose those views to the media,” he said.
Reporting by SYED UMAR ARIFF, ADIB POVERA and ADRIAN LAI