Hulu Kelang assemblyperson Saari Sungib has declared that he will stay as a PAS member until the end of his life.

Saari said this when met by reporters after meeting with PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali at the PAS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

"I am still a PAS member  and will remain so until the day I die," he said, without elaborating further on the meeting he had together with Morib assemblyperson Hasnul Baharuddin.

Saari (left) , together with Hasnul, were the two PAS assemblypersons who defied their party and sided with PKR and DAP in the Selangor menteri besar crisis.

Today was the first time Saari and Hasnul explained themselves to the party in more than a month, after signing a statutory declaration to support PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as menteri besar on Aug 14.

Up to the central committee

When met later, Mustafa clarified that today's meeting is not a disciplinary hearing, as earlier reported.

 

Mustafa said it was only a meeting for the duo to explain themselves to him.

"I will inform the PAS central committee of their explanation at a meeting soon," he said, without elaborating when the meeting will be held.

 

When asked whether disciplinary action will be taken against them, Mustafa said it was up to the PAS central committee to take action or otherwise.

 

M ustafa (right) was accompanied by his assistant in the meeting he held with Saari and Hasnul on a one-to-one basis, with each meeting lasting almost to an hour.

 

He, however, did not elaborate whether he was satisfied with the duo's explanation.

The duo have been accused of being traitors to PAS for backing Wan Azizah at the time of crisis, without PAS leadership’s consent.

Without the duo siding with PKR and DAP assemblypersons, Wan Azizah would only command support of 28 out of 56 members, and not the majority of the Selangor legislative assembly.

 

Wan Azizah, however, withdrew her candidacy after the palace sidestepped her in favour of her deputy Azmin Ali.

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