PAS has insisted that its assemblymen will play no part in the Perlis executive committee despite an invitation from menteri besar Abu Bakar Hamzah.
PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said a directive has been issued to all PAS assemblymen in Perlis instructing them to adhere to the party’s stance.
“The party has made its decision and issued instructions to all PAS assemblymen in Perlis. We stand by this decision,” he told FMT.
“PAS has taken action against those who signed statutory declarations (withdrawing their support for previous PAS menteri besar Shukri Ramli). We will not support those who signed SDs to undermine PAS’s leadership.”
He was commenting on Abu Bakar’s invite for PAS assemblymen to join the exco he intends to form. The invitation was sent to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang recently.
Tuan Ibrahim said Abu Bakar’s exco lineup currently consists of four Bersatu assemblymen, who are expected to be sworn in at Istana Arau tomorrow.
On Dec 30, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said the party’s exco members would step down from their posts in a show of support for Shukri, who resigned citing health reasons.
Takiyuddin also said PAS would refuse any exco post in Abu Bakar’s new lineup.
Abu Bakar was appointed amid a political crisis in the state which saw eight Perikatan Nasional assemblymen, including three from PAS, who reportedly submitted SDs to the ruler to withdraw their support for Shukri.
PAS terminated the memberships of the three assemblymen.
