On August 12th 2014 Tan Sri Khalid (Selangor Menteri Besar) announced that he had fired all six state executive councillors (exco) from PKR and DAP. This action followed the announcement by the six state executive councillors that all decisions made by the exco be put to a vote, in order to limit the functions of the Menteri Besar. Following this the exco chose to recognise the termination as illegal and pledged to continue working as usual.
The following list of tweets were the most popular responses to the announcement of the termination of the state exco on Twitter, based on the data that we collected.
Percayakah anda Khalid Ibrahim pecat 6 exco dari PKR dan DAP?
Ini Khalid lah!!!
— Sukan Star (@sukanstar) August 12, 2014
buat apa nak panjangkan lagi Tan Sri. Dah dpt sokongan BN, sekarang pecat exco pula…
— Nik Nazmi (@niknazmi) August 12, 2014
Exco DAP&PKR dipecat Khalid. Mereka tak setuju pemecatan sbb jwtn diperkenan Sultan. Menarik kisah Sngor. Tiada lagi dlm mana2 buku politik!
— Ahmad Maslan (@ahmadmaslan) August 12, 2014
PKR fire MB, MB teruskan kerja.
MB fire Exco, Exco teruskan kerja.
Baik jangan buat apa-apa. Semua balik buat kerja je la.
— yoong. (@yoongkhean) August 12, 2014
kalau PAS komited kepada Pakatan Rakyat, EXCO kena letak jawatan lah. kalau tak nampak macam nak bekerjasama dengan UMNO.
— Norman (@norman__g) August 12, 2014
Q is not whether MB Khalid has the right to sack those Exco. But why those people are so "thick skin"'to remain in his cabinet. Shameless
— Tan Keng Liang (@tankengliang) August 12, 2014
Again DAP and PKR showed us their hypocrisy. Khalid Ibrahim sacking his excos -> unethical. They trying to remove him as MB -> very ethical.
— Boyfriend From Hell (@The_Endie) August 12, 2014
Jadi buat masa sekarang, jangan ke pusat judi dan masat di seluruh selangor, line tak clear sebab exco tak boleh cover premis dah. #s
— Metaboiilism (@_ahmadboii) August 12, 2014
Khalid Ibrahim's move in sacking all PKR and DAP Selangor Excos proves one thing – politicians shouldn't fuck with a corporate strategist
— Asrul Muzaffar (@asrulmm) August 12, 2014
Kekosongan 6 jawatan Exco Selangor jadi impian 11 orang Adun Pas. Ini peluang terbaik untuk khianati PR. Apa lg tunggu?
— MSO (@MohdSayutiOmar) August 12, 2014
Wait a minute. DAP and PKR Exco wanna show up for work tomorrow but requested PAS to boycott meeting? Apa ni?
— Minion Pat (@patricklsk) August 12, 2014
PKR pecat Khalid
Khalid pecat semua exco PKR
#Pecatception
— Fred (@Fred9Fareed) August 12, 2014
Khalid fires PKR & DAP EXCO! Proof he is going to GRAB MB's SEAT AT ALL COST, INCLUDING RELYING ON UMNO'S SUPPORT!
— Adrian Lim (@adrianlimcheeen) August 12, 2014
Kuasa MB- nasihat Sultan. Dan Sultan hendaklah b'tindak atas nasihat MB. Melantik &memecat Exco adalah kerja Sultan. Ke MB nak jadi Sultan?
— AfiqMNoor (@afiqmnoor) August 12, 2014
Aku tak sokong bn pun. Tp aku suka cara heroic Khalid Ibrahim ni selamba pecat exco lepas dipecat dari parti. Tak ramai org berani buat gitu
— Metaboiilism (@_ahmadboii) August 12, 2014
Kenapa pula enam bekas exco PKR dan DAP mahu terus ke pejabat esok (Rabu) selepas dipecat oleh TS Khalid? Ia bukan lagi milik Pakatan
— fathi aris omar (@fathiarisomar) August 12, 2014
DAP & PKR excos should resign as a matter of principle in the first place.
— Jimie Cheng™ (@jimiecheng) August 12, 2014
The worst of traitors! RT @tm_insider: Khalid sacks PKR, DAP exco members: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has sacked
— N.Surendran (@nsurendrann) August 12, 2014
Ceo pecat Manager- sama kes MB pecat exco.Its self-explainatory.So tak malu ke nak datang ofis esok?
— Arif Adenan (@arifadenan) August 12, 2014
TSKI is doing a Donald Trump RT @malaysiakini [BREAKING NEWS] Selangor MB sacked all Pakatan exco members except PAS from the state cabinet
— Michelle Yesudas (@chelle_yesudas) August 12, 2014
Menarik untuk tengok Exco PAS ikut arahan Syura Ulama kekalkan Khalid (badan tertinggi pembuat keputusan PAS) atau arahan DAP suruh boikot
— helme hanafi (@ayathelme) August 12, 2014
kalau PAS setuju Khalid perlu ditukar 17/8 nanti EXCO PAS kena pecat tak?
— Norman (@norman__g) August 12, 2014
Let's see what happens today when the sacked EXCO's report to work.
In all this madness, I pity the civil servants. I wonder how they feel.
— I/O (@ckliio9) August 13, 2014
#MBSelangor: Exco PR patut konfiden letak jawatan show support utk parti. Nanti tukar MB, MB baru mesti lantik balikkan?
— Oscar-Delta-Sierra (@ondstreet) August 12, 2014
News Sources
1. DAP, PKR excos agree on voting before any Selangor decision (The Malaysian Insider, August 12th 2014)
2. Selangor MB sacks 6 PKR, DAP exco members (New Straits Times, August 13th 2014)
3. Khalid flexes muscle, sacks PKR, DAP excos (The Malay Mail Online, August 12th 2014)
