PAS setting the table for gov't takeover in Kedah?
PAS has reportedly summoned all 15 of its assemblypersons in Kedah to discuss the possible takeover of the government, according to a Berita Harian report.
The report said the Kedah PAS leadership meeting with its elected representatives took place this morning....
PAS has reportedly summoned all 15 of its assemblypersons in Kedah to discuss the possible takeover of the government, according to a Berita Harian report.
The report said the Kedah PAS leadership meeting with its elected representatives took place this morning.
It added that Umno's only two elected representatives in Kedah, namely Bandar Baharu assemblyperson Norsabrina Mohd Noor and Sungai Tiang assemblyperson Suraya Yaakob were also seen entering the state PAS headquarters ahead of the meeting.
Yesterday, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan, who is also the de facto law minister, had also met with Kedah police chief Zainuddin Yaacob at the state police contingent headquarters.
Also present in the meeting with the police yesterday was PAS' Pendang MP Awang Hashim, who is also the deputy human resources minister.
The movements came after Kedah PAS commissioner Ahmad Yahaya on May 7 said a change of government in Kedah was inevitable.
He claimed Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir has lost the support of more than half of Bersatu assemblypersons in Kedah.
Mukhriz (below), who is also Bersatu deputy president, has maintained the Pakatan Harapan government in Kedah even though party president Muhyiddin Yassin had taken Bersatu out of the coalition to form Perikatan Nasional with BN, PAS, GPS and other minor parties.
Mukhriz has a fragile majority in Kedah with 19 seats to the 17 seats controlled by PAS and Umno.
Harapan contributes 13 seats to Mukhriz's government comprising seven from PKR, four from Amanah and two from DAP while Bersatu has six seats.
Muhyiddin has given the go-ahead for the replacement of Harapan governments to PN ones in Johor, Malacca and Perak but has yet to make a move in Kedah.
However, a change is increasingly likely as Mukhriz's father Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is also the Bersatu chairperson, appears to be manoeuvring against Muhyiddin.
Bersatu is presently split between Muhyiddin's faction and Mahathir's faction.
The Harapan government collapsed in late February after Muhyiddin took Bersatu out of the coalition and joined forces with a group of PKR defectors led by former PKR deputy president Azmin Ali.
Together with the Opposition, they formed the new PN federal government.
Mahathir had indicated he plans to wrest back control of the party in the next Bersatu election and withdraw the party from the PN government.
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