PAS MP: Public will cry hypocrisy if coalition government stays in Selangor

(Malay Mail Online) – The public will see hypocrisy if PKR, PAS and DAP remain in power in Selangor despite dissolution of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) this week, a PAS MP warned today.

Datuk Mahfuz Omar said PKR must now pick between DAP and PAS to work with, or dissolve the Selangor government as a last resort if it cannot make a choice.

“If a coalition government happens and it is agreed to by all three parties, I worry that the public will view the PR parties as hypocrites,” the Pokok Sena MP told reporters at the sidelines of the Parliament.

“The people will say: you say you cannot work together, you sever ties with each other, but for the sake of power and positions, you remain together in a government.”

“For me, firstly PKR must choose which one is its partner, and one of PAS and DAP must be big-hearted and step away,” Mahfuz added.

Mahfuz also suggested that the current predicament faced by the federal opposition happened because the top leadership of the three parties failed to come together for the sake of the public and prevent PR’s dissolution.

PKR’s Rafizi Ramli said earlier today that Selangor Mentri Besar Azmin Ali will have an audience with the state ruler soon to explain how his administration can remain intact after the disintegration of PR.

The PKR secretary-general said Azmin will inform Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah that PKR, DAP and PAS will continue to work together as a coalition government that should leave the Selangor government unaffected following PR’s demise.

Yesterday, PKR said PR has ceased to “function formally” as a coalition, following “hasty” decisions made by DAP and PAS.

In a statement, PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said her party regretted PAS’ muktamar resolution to cut off ties with DAP as well as DAP’s declaration that their three-party partnership was over.