The delay of PKR leaders in relinquishing their positions in the PAS-led Kelantan government, as instructed by its central leadership, has led to various perceptions, including accusations of greed.

Malaysiakini understands that the delay does indeed have to do with money, but not so much about greed.

This is because many PKR local councillors have spent their own money for constituency work and are waiting for reimbursements from the Kelantan government. Resigning now means they will never get back their money.

PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail confirmed this when asked about the matter.

"Since they became part of the Kelantan government, they used their own money to provide allocations.

"They are waiting for reimbursements on the funds they had spent," Wan Azizah told Malaysiakini in Parliament yesterday, when asked about the contradictory signals from PKR Kelantan...