A rally was held in Shah Alam today to show unity and loyalty to the Selangor Sultan over the menteri besar crisis. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, Septermber 21, 2014.
A few hundred people demonstrated in Shah Alam today to show support for the Selangor Sultan ahead of Tuesday's expected swearing-in of the state's new menteri besar, Malaysiakini reported.
It said the group, which calls itself Gerak Daulat, gathered at Section 16 in Shah Alam wearing yellow clothing, the colour of the monarchy.
The rally was aimed at showing unity and loyalty to Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, who has been playing a prominent role in the Selangor menteri besar crisis, the news portal reported.
The past week had seen the Selangor palace making a surprise announcement that the swearing-in ceremony of the new menteri besar would be held this Tuesday, without revealing who had been chosen for the post.
This follows the palace's request to Pakatan Rakyat parties to submit more than two names as candidates for the top post – an issue which has PAS breaking ranks with PKR and DAP by nominating three names instead of submitting the name of PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
This is despite Dr Wan Azizah having received the majority of support in the legislative assembly from 30 assembly members.
The sultan reprimanded PKR and DAP for submitting only Dr Wan Azizah's name, and both parties have since apologised.
The sultan issued a second reprimand, this time to opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for saying that Barisan Nasional governments had always submitted only one name for the menteri besar's post since independence.
The Selangor Royal Council, an advisory body to the sultan, is said to be meeting today to decide on the new menteri besar.
- TMI
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