{"id":7171,"date":"2020-12-04T21:03:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2020-12-04T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:04:02","slug":"pas-will-not-participate-in-formation-of-new-perak-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=7171","title":{"rendered":"PAS will not participate in formation of new Perak govt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 &#8212; PAS has decided not to take part in efforts to form the\u00a0new Perak government after Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu failed to get majority support in a vote of confidence at the State Legislative Assembly today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAS secretary-general Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said, however, PAS would continue to play its usual role in society at the state or national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPAS took note of the result of\u00a0the Perak State Legislative Assembly vote of confidence\u00a0on Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu today whereby the three PAS assemblymen supported him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7.jpg\" alt=\"perak\" class=\"wp-image-7172\" width=\"498\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7-170x100.jpg 170w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e6604639629f3c7fb2f69ccd9c3633405fa39be203df7-800x470.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe support is in accordance with the stand made by the PAS political bureau,\u201d he said in a statement today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmad Faizal&nbsp;failed to obtain the majority support of the state assemblymen in the motion of vote of confidence on the menteri besar at the State Legislative Assembly today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received&nbsp;only 10 votes of support, while 48 assemblymen&nbsp;voted against him, and one ballot was spoilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Perak State Assembly has 59 representatives&nbsp;comprising&nbsp;25 BN (UMNO) assemblymen, 16 from DAP, five from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), five from Amanah, three from PKR, three from PAS,&nbsp;and one each from Gerakan and Independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Bersatu&nbsp;information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan, in a Facebook posting, said the party leadership would discuss the result of the confidence vote first before issuing any official statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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