Explain two different letters to palace, Pakatan leadership told
PETALING JAYA: The Pakatan Harapan leadership should explain the two conflicting letters sent to the Selangor palace over the appointment of the Mentri Besar, says the Otai Reformasi movement.
Activist Abdul Razak Ismail said they were disheartened over the way the position was filled and how a second letter had superseded an earlier support letter for Ijok assemblyman Dr Idris Ahmad.
“We feel it is not fair towards Dr Idris. We are not satisfied at the way it was conducted,” Abdul Razak said during a press conference in Dr Idris’ house here yesterday.
Pledging support for Dr Idris, he said the movement would serve as a check-and-balance on the Pakatan leadership’s governance.
Dr Idris is one of the movement’s advisers.
Dr Idris also said his focus now was to clear his name over allega- tions that he had misappropriated funds from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN).
He said the allegations did not merely affect his reputation as an elected representative but also as a medical specialist.
He said he was waiting for the police investigation to complete before deciding on his next course of action, adding that the police were investigating the case under Section 500 of the Penal Code for defamation.
Dr Idris also emphasised that he was not questioning the palace for appointing Sungai Tua assemblyman Amirudin Shari as the new Mentri Besar.
The Selangor palace had said in a statement that it received a letter from PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail on June 7, which had the names of three candidates.
The letter by Dr Wan Azizah had sought the palace to appoint any candidate deemed suitable as the Mentri Besar.
The June 7 letter had superseded an earlier letter sent to the palace.
“The letter indirectly cancelled out a previous letter written by the heads of Selangor political parties to the Sultan,” said the statement.
The palace added that after a thorough review and obtaining the opinion of the former Mentri Besar, His Highness chose Amirudin as Datuk Seri Azmin Ali’s successor.