The party advisor has also instructed the board to sit immediately and discuss what to do about Zulkifli’s police report against an ally MP from PAS.
The central leadership council has also placed a media gag order on Zulkifli
Zulkifli had earlier this week lodged a police report against fellow Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MP Khalid Samad for allegedly saying the Selangor state enactment to control religious propagation is outdated and needs a review.
Zulkifli had supposedly asked the police to investigate Khalid for what the former considered an insult to Islam and to the state ruler.
Anwar tried to play down Zulkifli’s outright “disobedience” when asked if he considered the latter a “liability” after this latest breakaway from PKR’s official stand.
“We regret that he feels very strongly to lodge a report against a fellow MP,” Anwar replied.
“Our position on ‘Allah’ is very clear, explicit,” the de facto chief added, repeating the party and alliance’s stand that allowed for Christians to use the Arabic word.
Anwar said they central leadership council was ‘convinced” Zulkifli’s actions were wrong and pointed out that the party allowed for different opinions and had channels for those opinions to be expressed.
He stopped short of saying Zulkifli had outright disobeyed the party and left it up to the discipline board to decide the latter’s future.
“We do not want to pre-empt before the disciplinary board meets,” he said.
PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution, however, did not discount the possibility that Zulkifli may be stripped of his party membership.
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