If Khalid Ibrahim stays on as MB, Pakatan may lose Selangor

By admin-s Last updated Jun 16, 2014

If BN lends its support to Khalid, then that can be taken as a sign that all this while Khalid, the consummate deal maker that he is, has something worked out with UMNO.

Sakmongkol AK47

There was an article written which says only Khalid can sack Khalid as MB. This is because the King has power to appoint but not sack Khalid as PM. Unless of course, the house (in this case) the DUN Selangor passes a vote of no confidence to Khalid.

This is what the DUN must apply its mind to next, if push comes to shove. If Khalid refuses to resign, the house must pass a vote of no confidence. The permutations involving UMNO and BN are not relevant. its PR vs. BN.

if BN lends its support to Khalid, then that can be taken as a sign that all this while Khalid, the consummate deal maker that he is, has something worked out with UMNO.

If a vote of no -confidence is carried out initiated by PKR, it isn’t a good and nice thing to do. PKR will be seen in a bad light; after having chosen your man for the MB’s job, PKR reverses and humiliates its own man by way of a vote of no confidence.

In my mind, PKR must first set its house in order. The rancorous party elections notwithstanding, if Khalid loses, he must resign. This is because he no longer enjoys the confidence of a majority of the party members. He should be intelligent enough and principled enough to do the correct thing.

Khalid may say party position is not the same as MB’s position. He must recognise that he derives legitimacy from the fact it is the party that nominated him as MB. Once he loses their confidence that is the same as being asked in a nice and dignified way to resign.