Fathi Aris Omar | How did PAS lose an exco seat in Selangor?
After newly-minted Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali announced his new state executive council line-up today, it became clear that PAS lost an exco position to PKR, with its quota in the state government being reduced from four to three seats.
While some lauded this as a deserving punishment for PAS for its inconsistent position that aggravated the Selangor crisis that was started by PKR, others are angry that PAS, which has 15 state assemblypersons, should have less positions than PKR, which has only 13 seats.
PAS' conduct may have been given cause for its representation to be reduced, but the Islamic party put the nail in its own coffin after it effectively disowned two of its Selangor assemblpersons by launching a series of vitriolic attacks against them for taking PKR's side in the crisis.
For one, PAS was seen as being inconsistent with its initial decision on the menteri besar crisis, even though its muktamar, which took place at the peak of the fiasco, was themed "Terus Beristiqamah" (to be consistent in one's struggle).
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