Under the PAS constitution, membership in the party would cease and they must vacate or step down as elected representative if they joined another party, declared leaving the party or were sacked.
The Perak PAS Liaison Committee meeting Sunday unanimously urged Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa who have joined thePartiAmanah Negara (Amanah) to resign from their posts in PAS.
Perak PAS Commissioner Razman Zakaria said Mujahid, who isParit Buntar MP, had been declared the Amanahvice-chairman whileMohammad Nizar, the Changkat Jering assemblyman is Amanah Central Committee member and Perak Amanah deputy chairman.
He said under the PAS constitution, membership in the party would cease and they must vacate or step down as elected representative if they joined another party, declared leaving the party or were sacked.
"They (Mujahid and Mohammad Nizar) had contested in the 13th General Election on PAS tickets, after being given the green light and approved by the PAS leadership.
"They had also signed an agreement with the Perak PAS and central liaison bodies that if they switchedpartyor left the party, they should vacate or resign as elected representatives of the seats they had won," he said at a media conference, Sunday.
He said in acontract agreementor Bai'yah, they had also vowed in the name of God that they would resign if they joined another party.
Razmanviewed Mujahid and Mohammad Nizar's action as without integrity when holding a post entrusted to them.
On Aug 31, Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB) chairman Mohamad Sabu announced that the party, Amanah be used as the official name of the political channel for GHB.
He also announced the Amanahcommittee ofwhich he was chairman, also comprised Ahmad Awang (general adviser), former PAS vice-president Salahudin Ayub (deputy chairman), Mujahid (vice-chairman), Kota Raja MP Dr Mariah Ahmad (Wanita chief) and Mohd Sany Hamzan (Youth chief).
