The Chief strikes back, Pt VI

Letter from HRH Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor to MB Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim dated 12 August informing about agreeing to the sacking of the five Excos with immediate effect

Master strategist and former corporate giant MB Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim proven his mettle and valuable experience with getting the HRH Sultan of Selangor to buy into his position as the Menteri Besar and making a conviction where the interest of the Selangor State is paramount against politics.

Pro-Anwar newsportal TMI story:

Khalid says Sultan only took 2 hours to agree to exco sackings

BY ANISAH SHUKRY

Published: 13 August 2014

Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid ‎Ibrahim today said he had received the Selangor Sultan’s consent with regard to the sacking of the six PKR and DAP executive councillors. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, August 13, 2014.
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid ‎Ibrahim today said he had received the Selangor Sultan’s consent with regard to the sacking of the six PKR and DAP executive councillors. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, August 13, 2014.
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid ‎Ibrahim today said the state sultan had consented to the sackings of the six PKR and DAP executive councillors.
“I wrote the letter (to the sultan) at 2pm yesterday after receiving news that the PKR and DAP exco had released a statement saying they will not support the MB,” Khalid told a press conference after chairing a meeting with the executive council (exco) members.

“The sultan gave a written reply to allow the MB to tell the exco they are no longer in service. The sultan replied me in two hours.”

Khalid said today he chaired a meeting with the remaining four PAS councillors, noting that the number was suffice according to article 53(2) b of the Selangor state law, which states that four people is sufficient to run the state government.
The menteri besar said the sacked exco members would be given ample time to clear out their offices.‎

‎DAP’s Datuk Teng Chang Kim, Yong Hian and V. Ganabathi Rao, as well as PKR’s Elizabeth Wong and Dr Daroyah Alwi today turned up for work as Selangor exco members at the state secretariat building, despite receiving their termination letters yesterday.

The exco members told a press conference last night that they deemed the sackings invalid as they felt it was impossible for Khalid to have obtained the sultan’s consent yesterday.

Teng also said that Khalid, who was an independent assemblyman since his expulsion from PKR Saturday, could not dismiss any Pakatan Rakyat (PR) member from the Selangor government as it was led by PR.

But Khalid ‎today refused to recognise Selangor as a PR-led state.

“We have the names DAP, PAS, PKR and Umno. So it is up to your interpretation,” he told reporters.

“But you must remember that PR is not a registered body.”

Khalid added that he and the four PAS exco members would now focus on running the government and protecting the people’s welfare.

“I welcome Umno’s support but for the time being, PAS and I will manage Selangor’s administration with the help of civil servants to ensure everything runs smoothly.”

Khalid was sacked last Saturday after he refused to resign as directed by his party, to pave the way for Kajang assemblyman and PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to take over the MB’s post.

Khalid has also been facing mounting pressure from the PKR leadership to resign over his handling of Selangor affairs.

These include the state’s management of its water resources, the Kidex highway and seizure of Bahasa Malaysia and Iban-language Bibles by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais).

On Monday, Khalid said the sultan had consented for him to remain as MB as of now as he commanded the confidence of the majority. – August 13, 2014.

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PKR Leadership Council met on Sunday 10 August 2014, five days after Disciplinary Board Chairman Dato’ Dr Tan Kee Kwong issued a showcase letter to MB Khalid, for various trumped up charges.

HRH Sultan Selangor also refused to meet with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim when the latter attempted to get an audience to get MB Khalid sacked, after he was expelled from PKR on Sunday.

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PAS vowed that they would never support PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as MB Selangor.

NST story:

Pas will never accept Wan Azizah as Selangor MB: Hadi

BY ADRIAN LAI – 13 AUGUST 2014 @ 3:36 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Pas will never support PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to become next Selangor menteri besar as she will only serve as her husband’s puppet, said party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.

In an interview with Pas newsletter Harakah today, Hadi said Dr Azizah’s decisions, should she assume the Selangor MB post, would be heavily influenced by her husband and PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“Taking note of past events, Pas is afraid that every decision she makes will be influenced by Anwar. As a wife, she is duty-bound by Islam to be faithful to her husband.

“Because of this, her tenures as an elected representative (in Permatang Pauh and Kajang) have revealed many of her weaknesses,” Hadi was quoted by Harakah as saying.

Hadi was also quoted as saying that Dr Azizah was unfit to helm the Selangor government as she has no prior experience in running a state.

“The MB’s duties are very important; he has to act as Islamic adviser to the sultan of Selangor. This particular responsibility cannot be shouldered by a woman,” he told Harakah.

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