Pas doesn’t recognise Perak BN government

KOTA BAHARU, Feb 6 — PAS will not recognise the new Perak state government helmed by the Barisan Nasional (BN), said Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

He said he firmly believed that a snap state election should be held to give the people of Perak a chance to choose which government they wanted. Nik Abdul Aziz, who is also the Kelantan Menteri Besar, said Pas believed the latest development in Perak was being masterminded by a certain party.

“I hope it does not spread to the other states including Kelantan. If you want to form the government, it must be chosen by the people,” he said when delivering his weekly lecture, here today.

The BN today formally took over the administration of the Perak state government from the Pakatan Rakyat when the Assemblyman for Pangkor, Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir was sworn in as the new Perak Menteri Besar.

Meanwhile, when met at his residence in Pulau Melaka, here, Nik Abdul Aziz said he did not want to comment on the move by former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin who planned to file a suit against the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, on Tuesday.

However yesterday, the Kelantan Menteri Besar had said that he respected the decision of Sultan Azlan Shah not to dissolve the Perak State Legislative Assembly and asking Mohammad Nizar to resign as the Perak Menteri Besar. — Bernama