The ending of current councillor's terms and no alternative new councillors named, leaving the state without councillors for the month of January is a trivial issue, says Xavier Jayakumar.
PETALING JAYA: PKR State assemblyman Xavier Jayakumar defended PKR by saying that they have submitted their full list of proposed new local councillors to the Selangor MB’s office.
He said that it was a trivial issue that could be temporarily resolved in other ways.
The Seri Andalas assemblyman suggested that an executive decision tabled at the state exco meeting could pass a motion for current local councillor’s terms to be extended until the end of January 2014 while awaiting the appointing of new faces.
Xavier said that the Menteri Besar’s office is currently vetting through the submitted list and added that there may be some changes made.
He said that PAS’s delay in submitting their proposed councillors list could be due to their only having ended their ‘muktamar’ recently and that they were in the midst of finalising their new management team.
When FMT contacted DAP and Sungai Pinang assemblyman Teng Chang Khim to comment on how the delay in appointing new councillors will render the state council powerless, he replied sternly,
“On what basis are you’re saying the councils are powerless?”
It was reported yesterday, that the term for local councillors in all Selangor’s 12 local authorities will end at the end of December and nominations for new councillors has been postponed to end Jan 31, 2014, rendering the local authorities powerless for one month.
Petaling Jaya city councillor Derek Fernandez explained that the delay in naming the new councillors was due to some political parties yet to finalise their proposed list of candidates.
Fernadez claimed that the DAP has submitted their proposed list while PAS and PKR have yet to submit theirs.
It is rumoured that non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) councillors will be dropped from the new proposed line-up.
PETALING JAYA: PKR State assemblyman Xavier Jayakumar defended PKR by saying that they have submitted their full list of proposed new local councillors to the Selangor MB’s office.He said that it was a trivial issue that could be temporarily resolved in other ways.
The Seri Andalas assemblyman suggested that an executive decision tabled at the state exco meeting could pass a motion for current local councillor’s terms to be extended until the end of January 2014 while awaiting the appointing of new faces.
Xavier said that the Menteri Besar’s office is currently vetting through the submitted list and added that there may be some changes made.
He said that PAS’s delay in submitting their proposed councillors list could be due to their only having ended their ‘muktamar’ recently and that they were in the midst of finalising their new management team.
When FMT contacted DAP and Sungai Pinang assemblyman Teng Chang Khim to comment on how the delay in appointing new councillors will render the state council powerless, he replied sternly,
“On what basis are you’re saying the councils are powerless?”
It was reported yesterday, that the term for local councillors in all Selangor’s 12 local authorities will end at the end of December and nominations for new councillors has been postponed to end Jan 31, 2014, rendering the local authorities powerless for one month.
Petaling Jaya city councillor Derek Fernandez explained that the delay in naming the new councillors was due to some political parties yet to finalise their proposed list of candidates.
Fernadez claimed that the DAP has submitted their proposed list while PAS and PKR have yet to submit theirs.
It is rumoured that non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) councillors will be dropped from the new proposed line-up.
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