It may surprise some observers that he said all three PAS nominees would be from PKR, but he explained that this was in accordance with the Pakatan Rakyat agreement that the Selangor Menteri Besar post is PKR’s and “PAS respects that.”
Still, the decision to nominate three candidates flies in the face of PKR’s and DAP’s stance that only one name be submitted to the Sultan.
Putting aside the Pakatan agreement on the MB’s post, the quandary facing PAS is that it has 15 representatives in the state assembly and anyone of those adequately fits the bill as a candidate.
Will the party’s membership tolerate the decision to “respect” the Pakatan agreement, especially given PKR’s and DAP’s insistence on going against a royal command?
It appears that PAS is being hemmed in from all sides, with the Sultan asking for more names, PKR and DAP insisting on one, and its own membership quietly hoping for one of their own to be proposed.
Mustafa did not say who PAS’s three PKR candidates will be. But he did state categorically that “the decision not to nominate any PAS assemblyman for the MB’s post is final.”
There is a risk that should PAS propose one of its own, the Pakatan alliance might take a step closer to breaking up, and DAP and PKR with their combined numbers in the state assembly might vote down the candidate.
Will PAS stand fast to its Pakatan commitments, or will it dither through this on its own?
Will we ever see a unified stance on this issue or on any other issue?
Ismael Lim
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