Only Wan Azizah, never Azmin

PKR secretary general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has issued yet another official statement reiterating that the party’s sole candidate to replace Khalid Ibrahim as Selangor Menteri Besar is its president Wan Azizah.

The statement was issued in response to a news report appearing on online portal The Malaysian Insider that claimed otherwise.

In the report titled, “Anwar nod for Azmin to be Selangor MB”, it was claimed that “Anwar had contacted party secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to include the Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman’s name (Azmin Ali) into the list of candidates that will be submitted by the multi-racial party to the palace.”

The report also claimed that this came about after Azmin had struck a deal with Anwar Ibrahim.

However the latest official statement from Saifuddin rejects this claim outright and cautions that any information from sources other than PKR, should be deemed as baseless.

In a brief statement released late last night, Saifuddin said the party’s Political Bureau had met to reaffirm its party’s stand that the support of the majority of the state assembly members for the candidacy of Wan Azizah Ismail had not changed.

The party also requested an audience with the Sultan to “get his advice” on the matter.

The statement stressed the party’s loyalty to the Sultan as well as to the Constitution of the State of Selangor.

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