RoS hauls up Wan Azizah, Saifuddin over Khalid’s sacking
(MSN News) – Two PKR top leaders have been summoned by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to give their statements tomorrow regarding the sacking of former Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim from the party.
PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution is scheduled to meet the RoS at its office in Putrajaya at 2pm tomorrow, while PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is to follow half hour later.
“RoS has the power to summon any individual for their investigation,” said their lawyer, Ragunath Kesavan, when contacted.
On August 28, PKR Disciplinary Committee Chairman Dr Tan Kee Kwong was summoned by the RoS over Khalid’s complaint against the committee and the PKR central leadership council.
The party had sacked Khalid on August 9 after he had disobeyed party orders to step down as menteri besar and give way to Dr Wan Azizah to replace him.
Tan, in a press conference on the same day, said that the decision was made as the Port Klang assemblyman had defied the decision made by the Pakatan Rakyat presidential council to delay discussions on the Langat 2 water project and to postpone the pay rise of the Selangor speaker, menteri besar, exco and assemblymen.
He said that Khalid had insisted on pursuing the Kidex highway project despite opposition from the party and had failed to explain to the PR presidential council his out-of-court settlement of his debt with Bank Islam worth almost RM67 million.
Khalid later said he acknowledged his expulsion from PKR, but called it “flawed and illegal”, adding that he would remain Selangor Menteri Besar pending advice from the state ruler.
Khalid, who is also Bandar Tun Razak MP, filed an official complaint through legal firm Bon Advocates to the RoS, claiming his expulsion was against the party’s constitution.
Khalid’s lawyer, New Sin Yew said that Khalid had not received any prior information about the members who would attend the disciplinary hearing.
He also urged the RoS to investigate the number of attendees in the meeting as the PKR constitution stipulated an attendance of at least six people.
PAS, meanwhile, in their central committee meeting on August 17, decided that it would no longer support Khalid but kept its four excos in the state administration.
On August 26, Khalid sent a resignation letter to the Sultan of Selangor but was asked by the Palace to delay his leaving until a new menteri besar is appointed.
He left his post officially on September 22 after the Sultan made a decision to appoint Mohamed Azmin Ali as his replacement.
