For Lee Chin Cheh, whose resignation triggered the Kajang move that led to the Selangor menteri besar impasse, the appointment of Azmin Ali as MB is the culmination of a plan that has come full circle.
The former Kajang ADUN believes the Kajang move was not a failure as the state PKR had initially wanted Azmin to replace former MB Khalid.
"What's happening now is the sum of what we had wanted all this while, although it happened accidentally in a roundabout way,"
Lee said the state leaders had approached the party's top leadership two days after GE13, proposing that Azmin take over as MB as they had qualms about Khalid's suitability to continue helming Selangor.
But the proposal was shot down.
"I was told that we do not have the consensus from the other Pakatan partners," he said, referring to DAP and PAS who wanted Khalid to run Malaysia's wealthiest state for the second term.
"They did not understand our run-ins with Khalid within PKR and we couldn’t force them to believe it," he said.
The lawyer said he did not know why the two Pakatan parties preferred Khalid but conceded that Azmin was often "misunderstood" by people.
He said the Kajang move had also succeeded in replacing Khalid, although it took eight tumultuous months that revealed cracks within Pakatan Rakyat and might have cost it support from the voters.
"So, to me, Azmin was relevant to the move," he said.
Earlier this week, the Selangor Sultan appointed PKR deputy president Azmin as the MB, ending the imbroglio that has dogged the state for months.
Despite the drama of the past eight months, Lee does not regret his decision to step down, despite knowing he will not be eligible to stand in the next general election.
"I know Khalid would never go unless the pressure or surrounding circumstances were great enough.
“Some might say the Kajang move is a disaster but to me, it has served its purpose and brought the desired result."
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