A group of PAS supporters have gathered in front of the PAS headquarters today in order to express support for their president Abdul Hadi Awang ahead of the crucial central committee meeting that is taking place there.

 

It was supposed to be a show of strength backing Hadi in response to a planned 'Black Ribbon' campaign gathering organised by 'Kembalikan Selangorku' (Return our Selangor).

 

The back ribbon campaign was supposed to see participants handing out black ribbons to PAS central committee members to urge PAS to help uphold the Pakatan Rakyat government in Selangor.

 

The event was cancelled at the eleventh hour last night due to "unavoidable reasons", said its organisers in a statement.

 

Nevertheless the pro-Hadi supporters are going ahead with their show of support.

 

About 70 of them parked themselves at the headquarters under the watchful eyes of PAS' Unit Amal members.

 

The pro-Hadi supporters believed the black ribbon campaigners would demand for Hadi to retract his public backing of embattled Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who has already been sacked by PKR.

 

PAS' decision today will be crucial to determine whether Pakatan Rakyat as a coalition will remain and whether it can continue with a new state government in Selangor.

 

Currently, Khalid has insisted on remaining as an independent MB, backed by four PAS exco members.

 

PAS is the only Pakatan component that has not supported the move to replace Khalid with PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail so far.

The press conference is expected around noon and Pakatan Rakyat's leadership council will have a joint press conference at 6.30pm today, fueling speculations that the component parties may have worked out a solution and finally reached a consensus over the saga.

Selangor crisis today

10.19am: An expected stand-off outside the PAS HQ fizzles after the Black Ribbon campaign cancels its protest as the PAS central committee convenes a long awaited meeting.

11.41am: Embattled Selangor MB Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's top strategist Faekah Husin likened PKR's accusation against her boss to a 'hatchet job' book on Anwar Ibrahim in 1998.

12.28pm: PAS central committee unanimously withdraws support for Khalid. The party nominates PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her deputy Azmin Ali as replacements.

12.58pm: Azmin is tight-lipped about his sudden nomination and says to pray for the best . PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution insists that Wan Azizah is the sole candidate for MB as previously decided by PKR.

2pm: Khalid says he accepts PAS' decision and will seek an audience with the Selangor sultan on how to proceed.

2.08pm: PKR Youth publicly endorses PAS' proposal for Azmin to be the alternative candidate for menteri besar, just hours before PKR's leadership meeting.

3pm: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin mocks Pakatan Rakyat, claiming PAS' additional nomination of Azmin was a veiled stab at Anwar and PKR.

6pm: Sources tells Malaysiakini that PKR decided to stick with Wan Azizah over Azmin after more than two hours of deliberation by its leaders in Subang Jaya.

7.29pm: Pakatan, which held its meeting immediately after PKR's, confirms it will only propose Wan Azizah as menteri besar after discussing for around an hour.

8.24pm: Azmin says he will comply with PKR's decision to propose Wan Azizah as menteri besar and voices support for his boss despite his own nomination.