Exco 6 vow to defy MB's sacking notice - Malaysiakini

 

The six PKR and DAP Selangor state executive councillors sacked by Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today will continue their duties despite their sacking.

 

Senior exco member Teng Chang Khim said that all of them consider their dismissals as not valid, as they doubt that Khalid has obtained the consent of the sultan before sacking them.

 

"He hasn't left the state secretariat building all day. Are you saying the sultan is one phone call away?" asked Teng (right).

 

He also said that all the exco members did not receive any notice from Khalid requesting for a meeting to determine their support, as promised.

 

The exco members said they would, however, not attend the exco meeting tomorrow and also called for PAS exco members to boycott the meeting.

'Sacking not valid'

Teng said the six of them consider the sacking as "not valid legally".

"This is a Pakatan Rakyat government. He has no legitimacy to fire Pakatan Rakyat government members," Teng said.

Teng also jibed that Khalid had created a "world record", as this has "never happened in any other democracy in the world".

He said Khalid was not "telling the entire truth" in the saga.

"We have plenty of other work to do, and we will go into our offices and do our work, and we won't attend the exco meeting as we were told not to attend," he said.

Four other sacked exco members - Elizabeth Wong, V Ganabatirau, Daroyah Alwi and Ean Yong Hian Wah - were with Teng at the press conference at the PKR headquarters today.

The other PKR exco, Rodziah Ismail, is currently overseas and has not been served her letter of termination yet.

Selangor crisis today

12.37pm: PAS man Zuhdi Marzuki urges a a 'unity government' in Selangor, involving Umno reps

2.19pm: DAP urges PAS to declare if it is joining Umno to support Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as MB

2.28pm: MACC confirms that it is investigating Khalid for corruption

4.25pm: DAP and PKR exco members says they will continue doing their jobs but will avoid MB

5pm: Sources say Anwar Ibrahim failed to convince Hadi Awang to accept Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as new Selangor MB

 

5.24pm: Palace confirms the Selangor sultan declines Wan Azizah's request for an audience

5.37pm: DAP claims that there are attempts to entice Pakatan reps to defect
 

6.40pm: Khalid sacks all six DAP and PKR exco members

8pm: Expert says MB has no power to sack exco

9.57pm: DAP and PKR urges PAS to boycott the exco in solidarity

10.21pm: The six sacked exco members vow to defy the sacking and go to work as usual.

10.30pm: PAS' Hulu Langat assemblyperson Saari Sungib urges PAS to join DAP and PKR against Khalid.