Hadi supports MB Azmin as new MB

KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has conveyed his congratulations to Azmin Ali on his appointment as the new Menteri Besar (MB) of Selangor today.

He said he hoped that the Bukit Antarabangsa state assemblyman would discharge his duties well in keeping with the confidence placed in him by the Sultan of Selangor.

“Congratulations to Azmin who has been appointed the MB of Selangor. The political crisis in Selangor has been resolved amicably,” he told reporters when approached after the meeting of the Terengganu state legislative assembly here.

Abdul Hadi said PAS would remain in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pact, which also includes PKR and DAP, and that the party was not disappointed with the rejection of its nominees for the post of MB as PAS did not desire the post in the first place.

Asked about the majority of the PR assemblymen who had wanted PKR president Datuk Seri Dr.Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to be the MB, he said the Sultan’s decision took precedence in the matter.

Azmin, 50, was sworn in as the 15th MB of Selangor before the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, at the Istana Alam Shah in Klang today.

He succeeds Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim who had held the post since 2008. - Bernama