Change on Sept.16 "Won't Happen"

Terengganu Pas commissioner Datuk Mustafa Ali said the Sept. 16 date set by Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for a change in the Federal Government would not occur because of technical and political reasons.
Mustafa said he was speaking as a political observer and was not representing the party.
He said the change could not be effected without a vote of no-confidence on the prime minister or without his resignation.
"Parliment adjourns during Ramadan, there is no one who can cast a vote of no-confidence. Not wvwn having the right numbers of parliment crossing over can have an effect.
"Sept.16 won't see a change in government as I don't see a vote of no-confidence happening now. It. can happen at another sitting."
"Tere is a theory that with the approriate number of signatures presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the government could be changed, but the prime minister was appointed by the king and as such, he cannot appoint a new prime minister while he is still. Once appointted, he cannot be fired" he said at a press conference.
Anwar has often stated that he needed about 30 Barisan Nasional MPs to jump ship to form a new government.
Mustafa said fro his experience, a defection by MPs to the opposition had never happened.
Usually, it was the opposition members who crossed over to the government side, hust as it occured in 1994. On why he decided to speak out, Mustafa said he was asked by many people about the change in goverment.