The Kuala Selangor PKR division led by Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is said to be "crippled" after 11 of its committee members as well as its Youth and Wanita heads resigned because they have lost confidence in his leadership.

According to the division's deputy chief Arshad Abu Bakar, the division had even disbanded as it was only left with three elected leaders comprising himself, Abdul Khalid and committee member Faridah Abdul Rahman.

He told reporters today that the 11 committee members, and division Youth chief Nazarudin Darmawan and Wanita head Fauziah Sulaiman had resigned from their posts between November last year and Jan 18 this year.

However, Arshad said, those who quit their posts remained as PKR members but had lost confidence in Abdul Khalid to lead the Kuala Selangor division.

They claimed that Abdul Khalid had placed Kuala Selangor PKR in disarray as he failed to build a strong management foundation for the division.

Arshad said the division had not held its committee meeting in the last 14 months. As a result, there had been no activities carried out to strengthen the party.

He claimed that Abdul Khalid did not take the initiative to strengthen the party although there were cases of non-Malay PKR members in Ijok and Batang Berjuntai quitting the party.

MB: Division still intact

When asked to comment on Arshad's statement, Abdul Khalid denied that the division had disbanded.

Met after chairing a state executive council meeting, he said there was no meeting held to disband the division.

"The election to choose a new committee will be held in March. That is why some want to quit their posts."

He said a crisis like this was normal to him, and felt that it was better for members who were not in tune with the party to resign as it would otherwise make the party difficult to be managed.

Abdul Khalid noted that there were only 100 PKR members in Kuala Selangor in early 2007 and the number had now increased to 3,000.

“The excuse of losing confidence is nothing unusual... or perhaps the statement was written by Umno for him (Arshad) to say out," he added.

- Bernama