After PKR’s MB kerfuffle, Selangor DAP now disputes exco list
Boo Su-Lyn, TMI
The Selangor DAP is questioning the state executive council composition announced by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim yesterday, barely a week after a furore in PKR over the state’s top post was settled.
State DAP deputy chairman Tony Pua said the party was supposed to get four exco seats instead of the three announced by Khalid, adding that the pick for state Speaker was not as agreed.
“Last night, we found out a different set of names,” Pua told reporters in Subang Jaya here today.
“We want to know why; there was no problem on Thursday. It was a quick half-an-hour meet,” he added.
Pua pointed out that Khalid and Selangor Pakatan Rakyat ― represented by state DAP leaders Teresa Kok and Datuk Teng Chang Khim, as well as state PAS leaders Khalid Samad and Dr Rani Osman ― had agreed in a meeting last Thursday that the DAP would get four spots in the state executive council, while PAS would get three and choose the Selangor Speaker.
Khalid told reporters last night that four Selangor executive council posts would be given to PAS, while the DAP and PKR would get three each, apart from the state Speaker being a DAP lawmaker.
Pua said he only found out about the allocation of the exco seats through a tweet by Khalid last night.
“We’re surprised by Tan Sri (Khalid),” said the Petaling Jaya Utara MP.
“What’s the point of the meeting then?” he added.
Pua said that Teng and Kok have been trying to contact Khalid for clarification, but to no avail.
Last night, Khalid said that a list of names for the Selangor executive council, along with proposed alternatives, was submitted to the Sultan last Friday.
He said the state executive council will be sworn in within the next two weeks.
