SHAH ALAM, Aug 12 — PAS state executive councillors have reaffirmed their full support for Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim to remain as Selangor mentri besar, which will likely further damage the party’s already fractious ties with allies PKR and DAP.

Selangor PAS commissioner and state executive councillor Iskandar Ab Samad confirmed that all four PAS representatives would remain under Khalid’s administration until and unless their party leadership decides otherwise when it meets on August 17.

“For now we will remain as excos. We will wait for the 17th for the decision,” he told reporters when met at the state secretariat building here.

“We don’t know what to expect on August 17. Only Allah knows.

“For now it is best we carry on with our work to ensure the people get the best service,” he added.

PAS met beleaguered MB Khalid earlier today to discuss the possibility of administering the state without PKR and DAP state executive councillors.

Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, a PAS state executive councillor said earlier that he was unaware if his DAP and PKR colleagues would resign as challenged to do so by Khalid, but stressed that the Islamist party’s representatives would stay on and keep working with the under-fire Selangor mentri besar.

The meeting comes even as DAP today demanded that the Islamist party declare if its state representatives continue to support Khalid as he has asserted, saying that failure to do so would lead to a breakup of the Pakatan Rakyat pact.

“I met the MB for two to three minutes, just a discussion to see how we can work to run Selangor with the excos who are not stepping down,” he told reporters here at the state secretariat lobby.

“PAS, we have decided we are not stepping down,” the Sijangkang state lawmaker added, saying that the weekly state executive council meeting will take place as scheduled tomorrow.

Khalid yesterday told PKR and DAP state executive councillors to resign if they no longer support him as Selangor mentri besar, saying his administration can operate with just four such officials.

The Selangor mentri besar said yesterday Article 53 (2)B of the state constitution only required him to have no fewer than four executive councillors in order to run the state government.

He then insisted he has the necessary number as four PAS state executive councillors have already pledged to stay on to carry out their duties under his leadership.

But in a statement here, DAP and PKR’s six exco members confirmed they will stay put in office under Khalid’s administration.

The lawmakers stressed, however, that Khalid only remains now as the state’s interim mentri besar who will hold the post until Pakatan Rakyat (PR) formally agrees on a suitable replacement.

PKR’s disciplinary committee expelled Khalid last week mainly for his open defiance of the party’s decision that he must step down to make way for PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Khalid’s sacking leaves the coalition in a precarious state and will add to worries that snap polls may have to be called to ward off a stalemate.

Without Khalid, PKR’s share of the 56-seat Selangor state assembly drops to 13 from 14 while allies DAP and PAS have 15 seats each. Umno, the opposition in the state, holds 12.