Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor is cutting his overseas trip short and will return to Malaysia on Saturday August 23, state government sources revealed to The Star Online.
The Sultan was originally scheduled to return on August 27.
The change in timing likely has much to do with the ongoing power struggle over the post of Selangor Menteri Besar, between current MB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, and the president of Pakatan Rakyat’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Pakatan Rakyat has endorsed Wan Azizah as Khalid’s replacement for the post of Menteri Besar, an endorsement Khalid defied, leading to his expulsion from PKR, and his firing ofr six state excos from PKR and DAP.
After PAS, the last Pakatan coalition partner to weigh in on the Menteri Besar crisis, pulled its support for Khalid, the embattled MB had sought to receive an audience overseas with the Sultan to consult the palace on the matter, but was told to wait until the Sultan’s return and to not make any decisions or announcements until Sultan Sharafuddin’s return.
Upon the Sultan’s return, Khalid could choose to ask the palace for either one of two things: to call for an emergency sitting of the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) to allow the assemblymen to pass a motion of no confidence against the Khalid administration, or to ask for the Sultan’s consent to dissolve the DUN, thus paving the way for a state election.
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