Selangorians are not out of the woods yet: increasingly isolated Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is now said to be considering a state election, after struggling for weeks to hold on to the top job.
Sources close to the matter have informed The Malay Mail Online‘s Boo Su-Lyn and Shazwan Mustafa Kamal that Khalid might rather dissolve the current state assembly than tender his resignation.
A state election would dash PR’s hope to install PKR president Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as Menteri Besar without too much fuss. In general, it also means that the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, currently holding the majority of seats in the Selangor legislature, would have to start from square one, and would have to struggle with an electorate now wary of PR power struggles and doubtful of PR’s ability to govern.
An official from Khalid’s office said the MB’s decision on the matter will hinge on his follow-up meeting with Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, scheduled to take place on August 27.
“Yes, it’s an option (to seek dissolution), but this is dependent on what the Sultan says after Khalid meets him,” the source told Malay Mail Online on condition of anonymity.
Khalid, who was expelled from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), is struggling to fend off Pakatan Rakyat’s push to have PKR president Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail take over his job as the head of the Selangor executive branch.
While he still has the consent of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah to stay on in office, eroding support for him in the Selangor state legislative assembly and the shrinking sze of his exco cabinet – he fired six PKR and DAP exco members last week, leaving him with only four PAS excos – leaves him in an increasingly precarious position.
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