SHAH ALAM, Aug 14 — PKR’s last remaining Selangor executive councillor Rodziah Ismail will be terminated following her declaration that she will abide by the party’s decision to replace Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as mentri besar, PAS’s Dr Halimah Ali said today.
Her sacking will mean that Khalid will have completely cleared his administration of all officials who are not backing him to remain as mentri besar.
“She will receive the letter... same like the rest,” the PAS state executive councillor told reporters when met after the state’s economic action council (MTES)meeting here.
Khalid on Monday spared Rodziah in his cull of PKR and DAP excos who called for him to step down, saying he will decide her fate after determining her allegiance upon her return from Bangkok, Thailand.
She arrived home last night and this morning issued a statement aligning herself with PKR in the crisis.
“I wish to clarify my position in the context and latest developments of the Selangor administration.
“In this context, I will abide by PKR’s decision, of which I am a member. My compliance, I believe, is to fulfil the trust in preserving the voters’ mandate in Election 2013 for Pakatan Rakyat to govern Selangor,” Rodziah said in a brief statement issued by her party.
On Monday, Khalid announced the sackings of the PKR and DAP representatives for allegedly undermining his position as Selangor mentri besar.
He is now running the Selangor administration with the support of four PAS excos, the minimum number he is required to have according to the state constitution.
PKR’s disciplinary committee expelled Khalid from the party last week 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.
The embattled mentri besar’s sacking leaves PR in a precarious state in Selangor, and adds 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.
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