JASIN: A select committee will meet to determine the true status of Rembia assemblyman Datuk Muhammad Jailani Khamis, says Melaka State Assembly Speaker Datuk Ibrahim Durum.
He added that the meeting will be held latest by Friday (Aug 16) and that Muhammad Jailani was still viewed as a Barisan Nasional member.
"Those claiming he (Muhammad Jailani) has become a (PAS) member is from the leader of the party.
"I think I need to take (this matter) to the Select Committee to decide his status and after that we will know what action needs to be taken based on the meeting's decision," he told reporters at the close of the Rural Entrepreneur Carnival @ Festival D' Bendang Melaka 2024 at Kem Benteng Negara, Sungai Rambai, which was officiated by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh.
PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan had claimed on July 16 that Muhammad Jailani, who was suspended from Umno for six years in a letter dated Aug 28, 2023, was accepted as a PAS member on June 10, 2023.
He also claimed that Muhammad Jailani's actions could not be considered as party-hopping as Melaka did not pass the anti-party-hopping enactment till July 31, 2023, which was after the Rembia assemblyman had purportedly joined PAS. – Bernama
