(FMT) The plan to replace Selangor MB with Anwar gains momentum with Kajang rep stepping down.
UPDATED
PETALING JAYA: PKR’s Kajang state rep Lee Chin Cheh has resigned from the post with immediate effect, announced Selangor legislative assembly speaker Hannah Yeoh today.
She said Lee, a first-time state rep, submitted his resignation letter to the state assembly this morning. She added that he had not given reasons for his resignation.
Later in a statement issued through his party HQ, Lee said his decision was for the “common good and to strengthen Pakatan’s abilities to serve the people of Selangor”.
Party sources told FMT that Lee’s resignation will now enable PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim to contest in the ensuing by-election, and become the new Selangor Menteri Besar if he wins the by-election.
As reported by FMT on Saturday, this could be the party’s plan to solve the long-standing power struggle between incumbent MB Khalid Ibrahim and his nemesis Azmin Ali, who is the state PKR chief.
While no PKR leader had confirmed the plan, the fact that Lee tendered his resignation showed that the plan was well underway.
Sources told FMT that senior leaders in the party have agreed to it. PAS is also said to have approved Anwar as the new MB.
However the question remains if the Sultan of Selangor would approve it. Khalid’s office meanwhile told FMT earlier today that he was not resigning from his post.
Lee, 43, could not be contacted for comment at press time.
Anwar meanwhile will be holding a press conference tomorrow and is expected to touch on the issue.
Other sources are also speculating that either Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli or PKR secretary general Saifuddin Nasution could be picked by the party to be the candidate for Kajang, and then subsequently to assume the MB’s post.
UPDATED
PETALING JAYA: PKR’s Kajang state rep Lee Chin Cheh has resigned from the post with immediate effect, announced Selangor legislative assembly speaker Hannah Yeoh today.She said Lee, a first-time state rep, submitted his resignation letter to the state assembly this morning. She added that he had not given reasons for his resignation.
Later in a statement issued through his party HQ, Lee said his decision was for the “common good and to strengthen Pakatan’s abilities to serve the people of Selangor”.
Party sources told FMT that Lee’s resignation will now enable PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim to contest in the ensuing by-election, and become the new Selangor Menteri Besar if he wins the by-election.
As reported by FMT on Saturday, this could be the party’s plan to solve the long-standing power struggle between incumbent MB Khalid Ibrahim and his nemesis Azmin Ali, who is the state PKR chief.
While no PKR leader had confirmed the plan, the fact that Lee tendered his resignation showed that the plan was well underway.
Sources told FMT that senior leaders in the party have agreed to it. PAS is also said to have approved Anwar as the new MB.
However the question remains if the Sultan of Selangor would approve it. Khalid’s office meanwhile told FMT earlier today that he was not resigning from his post.
Lee, 43, could not be contacted for comment at press time.
Anwar meanwhile will be holding a press conference tomorrow and is expected to touch on the issue.
Other sources are also speculating that either Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli or PKR secretary general Saifuddin Nasution could be picked by the party to be the candidate for Kajang, and then subsequently to assume the MB’s post.
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