Most Selangor Pakatan reps have signed sworn statements backing Wan Azizah for MB

By admin-s Last updated Aug 12, 2014

(The Malaysian Insider) – At least 32 Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblymen have signed sworn statements citing their loss of confidence in Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and pledging support for PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to take over as the Selangor Menteri Besar.

All 15 DAP, four PAS and 13 PKR reps have signed the statements in support of Dr Wan Azizah, raising serious questions on Khalid’s assertion before the Sultan of Selangor yesterday that he has the support of the majority of the state assembly.

Sources from DAP and PAS also told The Malaysian Insider that with the sworn statements, it is puzzling how Khalid still claimed to have the majority support of the assemblymen. There are 56 seats in the legislative assembly.

A DAP leader confirmed that the party’s Selangor assemblymen signed the sworn statement on Sunday but for now, they have no plans to publicly use it to compel Khalid to step down.

PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail did not confirm or deny the existence of the sworn statement when contacted by The Malaysian Insider.

“We will issue a statement after this. We need to talk to the party leaders,” he said when asked about the existence of such documents.

Saifuddin stressed there was a need for a discussion before any stand could be announced as a result of the latest development.

DAP’s Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San said such a mechanism existed but they are still waiting for directive from the central leadership.

Meanwhile, a PAS source confirmed that four of its 15 Selangor representatives have signed the document, pledging their support for Dr Wan Azizah as the MB.

MB Selangor statutory declarations Wan Azizah