Bersatu is quickly losing control over the states it governed with Pakatan Harapan.
Less than 10 days after ditching PH, Bersatu excos and state reps are now out of the picture in Selangor and Malacca.
The party has also lost their menteri besar positions in Johor and Perak.
The Selangor PH administration announced yesterday that Bersatu is no longer part of the state government.
It also said the pact will continue to support the leadership of Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari from PKR.
It said the Selangor sultan has been informed that Bersatu, which has pulled out of PH, is no longer part of the state government.
“As such, the involvement of all state Bersatu leaders and members in the state exco, local councils, village councils and other state agencies has come to cease,” said a joint statement from state PH leaders.
The statement was signed by Amirudin as the state PKR chief, Selangor Amanah head Izham Hashim and Selangor DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo.
PH has the majority in the state with 43 seats, followed by Bersatu (6), Barisan Nasional (5), PAS (1) and one independent.
There was also one Bersatu exco member in the Selangor government.
Yesterday in Malacca, Bersatu’s new partner at federal level, BN said it was forming the state government without the two Bersatu state reps.
Malacca BN chief Abdul Rauf Yusoh told reporters that two Bersatu reps – Mohd Rafiq Naizamohidee (Paya Rumput) and Noor Effendi Ahmad (Teluk Mas) – did not attend meetings to discuss their new cooperation.
“This has caused Malacca BN to lose its confidence in pursuing this cooperation,” he said.
Malacca BN is instead forming the state government with the support of DAP’s Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Pengkalan Batu) and PKR’s Muhammad Jailani Khamis (Rembia).
In Johor, although Bersatu is still in the state government, it has lost the MB post to Umno.
It faces the same situation in Perak.
Bersatu’s power in Kedah, meanwhile, is in the hands of party rebels headed by Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir.
At the federal level, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin is also facing pressure from Umno, a key partner in the national government, on who he appoints to the cabinet.
It has been five days since he assumed the post but Muhyiddin has yet to name his cabinet, apart from saying that his ministers would be “clean”. – TMI