Perak Sultan’s consent sought for assembly to show support for Nizar as MB
(The Star) – State Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar has sought the consent of the Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah to convene a special sitting soon.
Former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said Pakatan Rakyat would table a motion of confidence in him as the legitimate Mentri Besar at the meeting.
New Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said it was all right for Nizar to seek the motion of confidence at the State Assembly.
“It’s okay if he feels he has the legal right,” he told reporters in Taiping after accepting 150 applications to join Umno from former PAS members in Kampung Changkat Ibol and Kampung Senduk, both considered PAS strongholds in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary constituency which is facing a by-election following the death of its MP Roslan Shaharum recently.
On Nizar’s decision to vacate the official Mentri Besar’s residence, Dr Zambry said he did not want to comment about the matter.
Nizar foresees chaos in the State Assembly when Pakatan moves to table its motion of confidence in him as the legitimate Mentri Besar.
He expects Barisan to have only 21 assemblymen to Pakatan’s 28 with the suspension of Dr Zambry, his six executive council members and the three assemblymen who left the Pakatan fold to become Independents.
He was referring to Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, Changkat Jering assemblyman Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu and Jelapang assemblyman Hee Yit Foong, who quit Pakatan to become Barisan-friendly Independents.
