In Damning Critique Of Pakatan, Zaid Says Selangor Polls The Only Real Answer

Details Published on Wednesday, 20 August 2014 19:27

Former Cabinet minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim says the political intrigue over the Selangor MBs post has now exposed that the tripartite pact comprising PKR, PAS and DAP as an inferior alternative to the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Picture by Saw Siow Feng KUALA LUMPUR A state election is the only acceptable solution to the crisis inflicted on Selangor through Pakatan Rakyats political machinations to remove Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as mentri besar, a former Cabinet minister said today.

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said the pact has disappointed Selangor residents by trying to get rid of a mentri besar who steered the state with some integrity and professionalism from the time PR took the reins in 2008.

He also said the political intrigue over the Selangor MBs post has now exposed that the tripartite pact comprising PKR, PAS and DAP as an inferior alternative to the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

The people want a function government and leaders who are able to plan and move the country forward. If there is a better choice than the Barisan Nasional, they will go for it, he said in list latest posting on his blog, the Zaidgeist.

Unfortunately, there is none. There may be more corruption under Barisan rule than many would like, but the Barisan has shown its ability to govern without breaking one another's necks and changing mentri besar for no reason at all.

Rather than using its administration of the countrys richest state to showcase its potential as a replacement for BN, Zaid said the pact failed to display the expected political maturity and instead delivered false hope to the public.

Zaid, who quit as de-facto law minister during Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration and had a brief stint with PKR, slammed his former party for wanting to replace Khalid with president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, despite previously touting the former as a credible leader worthy of leading a state administration.

Zaid said PR are now intent on installing a replacement whose greatest strength is complete adulation for and subservience towards her husband, referring to PKR de-facto chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

While PR has now reached an uneasy consensus to back Dr Wan Azizah for the post, Zaid asserted that the decision was motivated by political expedience rather than any common goal or direction..

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In Damning Critique Of Pakatan, Zaid Says Selangor Polls The Only Real Answer