Cracks do exist in Kedah Pakatan, says PKR exco
By Athi Shankar, Free Malaysia Today
ALOR STAR: A PKR legislator made a startling revelation over the weekend that non-PAS elected reps are upset over the way things are being run in the Kedah administration.
State executive councillor and Kulim assemblyman Lim Soo Nee (photo) admitted that he and two other colleagues from PKR and another from DAP were frustrated that their contributions were not being valued and appreciated..
“There were many times that we felt our presence and participation in the state government was not given due consideration and respect.
“We were aggrieved by the ignorance and negligence of the state government,” Lim told a Pakatan rally in Kota Sarang Semut, about 15km from here, on Saturday night.
FMT reported last Tuesday that discontentment among non-PAS legislator was a reality in the Kedah administration.
The other unhappy PKR reps are Sidam’s Tan Joon Long @ Tan Chow Kang and Bukit Selambau’s S Manikumar, and all executive councillors in the PAS led-state government. DAP’s sole legislator is Kota Darul Aman’s Lee Guang Aik.
Saturday night’s four-hour rally was held at the state PAS headquarters. It was a show of strength and solidarity that all was well within Pakatan.
In recent months, Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak’s government has been rocked by rumours of defections and imminent collapse.
Lim, however, assured that despite the grievances, the four non-PAS representatives would not defect.
“I will not hop. I will continue my political struggle for the people by staying in PKR,” said to Lim to thunderous applause from a mammoth crowd.
Tan, Manikumar and Lee spoke at the rally and pledged loyalty to their respective parties and to the coalition, putting paid to rumours of defection, at least for the time being.
Lim nonetheless called on the PKR leadership and the Pakatan state government to conduct respective post-mortems on the exodus of representatives from Pakatan.
