Free Malaysia Today, 27 January 2014
The plan to replace Selangor MB with Anwar gains momentum with Kajang rep stepping down.
PETALING
JAYA: PKR’s Kajang state rep Lee Chin Cheh has tendered his resignation
letter to the Selangor state assembly speaker earlier today, party
sources told FMT.
The sources said this was to pave the way for PKR’s de facto leader
Anwar Ibrahim to contest in the ensuing by-election, and then to become
the new Selangor Menteri Besar if he wins the by-election.
This is the party’s plan to solve the long-standing power struggle
between incumbent MB Khalid Ibrahim and his nemesis Azmin Ali, who is
the state PKR chief.
While no one in PKR is ready to confirm the plan, sources told FMT
that senior leaders in the party have agreed to it. PAS is also said to
have approved Anwar as the new MB.
However the question remains if the Selangor Sultan would approve it.
In another development, state speaker Hannah Yeoh is expected to hold a press conference later today.
Khalid’s office meanwhile told FMT earlier that he was not resigning from his post.
Lee could not be contacted for comment at press time.
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