PKR did not discuss call on Selangor MB to resign

(Bernama) – The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) retreat today did not discuss the call by the Pact of 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the party who wanted Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to relinquish his post.

Instead, PKR president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the meeting merely discussed issues on the party’s preparation to face the next general election and the election of the party’s supreme council members in November.

“I don’t know anything and there was no discussion on the matter,” she told reporters when met outside the meeting hall, here.

Meanwhile, several PKR MPs denied the alleged existence of the Pact of 15.

Teluk Kemang MP Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas said he did not know of any development on the issue and questioned the existence of the Pact of 15.

“Why 15, why not 20 or 29? They are just numbers as claimed by someone,” he said.

Asked on the allegation that he was the leader of the pact, Kamarul Baharin said: “In the party, I head the Members of Parliament (MPs) and State Assemblymen Secretariat. If you are referring to that, then it’s correct.

“The question raised in the media was not discussed specifically. There’s no petition, no memorandum. If there is, certainly I would know.”

However, he did not rule out the possibility that it might be discussed if it were raised at the Party Leadership Council Meeting tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Gombak MP Mohamed Azmin Ali said he had never asked Abdul Khalid to resign.

“We criticise, we did not ask Tan Sri Khalid to be removed. We never said that Tan Sri Khalid must be removed. There is no Pact of 15 MPs. What we have is only the Pakatan Rakyat,” he said.

However, a small group of PKR MPs were not happy with the problem of bureaucracy in Abdul Khalid’s administration and the delivery system was still weak, he said at the two-day PKR retreat.