Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail both ramped up their support bases last night with separate programmes ahead of a crucial week in which the Selangor menteri besar crisis might finally come to a boil.
Khalid, who has refused to step down to make way for Wan Azizah despite being asked to do so by his party, shored up support by attending a special prayer session organised by Selangor PAS at his official residence.
The special prayer session, conducted to seek Allah’s help to "save the Selangor government" - and also Gaza - was attended by Selangor PAS leaders Iskandar Samad and Sallehen Mukhyi, both of whom are in the state cabinet.
Also in attendance was PAS' central committee member Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki, who was at centre of controversy regarding aleaked WhatsApp message in a PAS chat group during the Hari Raya break last week.
Khalid addressed a crowd of 150 people which seemed to mostly comprised of PAS supporters and spoke about an Islamic administration that he tried to uphold.
"I have been showered with a lot of messages of support and advice these past few days," Khalid said.
"I went to meet PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat recently and he offered me one advice - in politics there are a lot of hypocrites.
“But he also told me that we have to be patient and teach the hypocrites to take the right path," Khalid said, without referring to anyone.
He also said that the Islamic administration must be upheld in such a way that non-Muslims cannot question it.
"DAP might not like us, but they cannot question our honesty, integrity and way of working. They cannot deny that we take care of their people better than they do," he said.
Top leadership in DAP and PAS are meeting on Aug 10 and Aug 13 respectively on PKR’s decision to replace Khalid with Wan Azizah.
PKR has also issued a notice to Khalid to attend a disciplinary committee inquiry either today or tomorrow. This could be a step to eventually expel the recalcitrant Khalid from the party.
‘I am the chosen one’
Azizah, meanwhile, held a roadshow programme in Kg Baru Ampang, addressing a group of PKR supporters.
About 1,000 people, mostly non-Malays, paid tickets for the dinner event dubbed ‘Kak Wan to Tell the Truth About Replacement of Selangor MB’ but the woman of the hour only spoke for about 10 minutes.
She spent most of her speech explaining that she had contested in the willfully triggered Kajang by-election instead of her husband and PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, as he was facing jail time when the Court of Appeal overturned his acquittal for sodomy.
The Kajang by-election - which is dubbed as the Kajang Move - is largely acknowledged to be engineered to pave the way for Anwar to enter the legislative assembly and eventually become MB.
Wan Azizah only took one question from waiting reporters. When asked about views from some quarters that PKR deputy president Azmin Ali should become MB instead, she curly said: “The party has chosen me.”
The event follows a couple of forums in Kuala Lumpur and an briefing session in Klang to explain why Khalid has to go.
Also speaking tonight was PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli, who reiterated his points regarding, among others, Khalid’s out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam over his multi-million ringgit loan and his poor handling of a number of controversies in Selangor.
Khalid, who has refused to step down to make way for Wan Azizah despite being asked to do so by his party, shored up support by attending a special prayer session organised by Selangor PAS at his official residence.
The special prayer session, conducted to seek Allah’s help to "save the Selangor government" - and also Gaza - was attended by Selangor PAS leaders Iskandar Samad and Sallehen Mukhyi, both of whom are in the state cabinet.Also in attendance was PAS' central committee member Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki, who was at centre of controversy regarding aleaked WhatsApp message in a PAS chat group during the Hari Raya break last week.
Khalid addressed a crowd of 150 people which seemed to mostly comprised of PAS supporters and spoke about an Islamic administration that he tried to uphold.
"I have been showered with a lot of messages of support and advice these past few days," Khalid said.
"I went to meet PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat recently and he offered me one advice - in politics there are a lot of hypocrites.“But he also told me that we have to be patient and teach the hypocrites to take the right path," Khalid said, without referring to anyone.
He also said that the Islamic administration must be upheld in such a way that non-Muslims cannot question it.
"DAP might not like us, but they cannot question our honesty, integrity and way of working. They cannot deny that we take care of their people better than they do," he said.
Top leadership in DAP and PAS are meeting on Aug 10 and Aug 13 respectively on PKR’s decision to replace Khalid with Wan Azizah.
PKR has also issued a notice to Khalid to attend a disciplinary committee inquiry either today or tomorrow. This could be a step to eventually expel the recalcitrant Khalid from the party.
‘I am the chosen one’
Azizah, meanwhile, held a roadshow programme in Kg Baru Ampang, addressing a group of PKR supporters.
About 1,000 people, mostly non-Malays, paid tickets for the dinner event dubbed ‘Kak Wan to Tell the Truth About Replacement of Selangor MB’ but the woman of the hour only spoke for about 10 minutes.She spent most of her speech explaining that she had contested in the willfully triggered Kajang by-election instead of her husband and PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, as he was facing jail time when the Court of Appeal overturned his acquittal for sodomy.
The Kajang by-election - which is dubbed as the Kajang Move - is largely acknowledged to be engineered to pave the way for Anwar to enter the legislative assembly and eventually become MB.
Wan Azizah only took one question from waiting reporters. When asked about views from some quarters that PKR deputy president Azmin Ali should become MB instead, she curly said: “The party has chosen me.”The event follows a couple of forums in Kuala Lumpur and an briefing session in Klang to explain why Khalid has to go.
Also speaking tonight was PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli, who reiterated his points regarding, among others, Khalid’s out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam over his multi-million ringgit loan and his poor handling of a number of controversies in Selangor.
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