PETALING JAYA: The deputy president of PAS said tonight that the question of disobedience towards the Perak Sultan did not arise in the recently resolved political crisis in the state.
The party’s representatives had skipped an audience with Sultan Nazrin Shah shortly before a new state government was formed.
Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said a political crisis ought to be viewed in its entirety and we should not draw conclusions from a particular angle.
“We need to be given leeway to manage a crisis in a short time. In such instances, it is not surprising for any misunderstanding to take place, misinformation being relayed or opportunists taking advantage,” he said on Facebook.
His statement comes in the wake of Perak PAS apologising to Sultan Nazrin Shah, for failing to appear for their audience with the Ruler on Tuesday.
The apology was issued by all three of the party’s state assemblymen; Gunung Semanggol assemblyman Razman Zakaria, Selama assemblyman Mohd Akmal Kamarudin and Kubu Gajah assemblyman Mohd Khalil Yahaya.
Sultan Nazrin was to have held an audience with all PAS and PPBM assemblymen at Istana Kinta in Ipoh to show their support for Umno’s candidate for the menteri besar and to form the new government.
Razman previously said the assemblymen did not attend the audience following a directive from the party’s central leadership, which wanted to wait before deciding on its support for Umno’s candidate for the menteri besar’s post.
Tuan Ibrahim also said the party would leave it to the Perak Ruler to decide on appointing its representatives to the exco lineup.
“We will accept his views as we are certain that a stable government is his priority.”
Saarani Mohamad, the Kota Tampan assemblyman from Umno, took his oath as the 14th Perak menteri besar at Istana Iskandariah yesterday.
He later named five assemblymen to his executive council: Zainol Fadzi Paharudin of PPBM and incumbents Zolkafly Harun, Shahrul Zaman Yahya, Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin and Khairul Shahril Mohamed, all from Umno.
Saarani succeeded Ahmad Faizal Azumu of PPBM after the latter lost the confidence of the state assembly last week, sparking a six-day political crisis in the state.