Tuanku Muhriz's sacking of 10 N Sembilan excos gazetted

The Negeri Sembilan government has gazetted state ruler Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir’s revocation of the appointments of 10 state excos who violated their oath of allegiance to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar.

According to the gazette dated today, the executive councillors’ positions were revoked effective Sept 20.

“According to Article 38(5) of the Negeri Sembilan constitution, state exco members, except for the menteri besar, hold their posts with the consent of the ruler.

“Since the 10 have violated their pledge of loyalty to the ruler, their appointments as members of the state exco have been revoked and annulled,” the gazette stated.

The 10 assemblypersons involved include seven from Umno, namely Mustapha Nagoor (Palong), Faizal Ramli (Linggi), Zaiful Bahri Idris (Chembong), Razi Ali (Sungai Lui), Asna Amin (Lenggeng), Siti Nur Umaira Hasim (Labu), and Suhaimizan Bizar (Gemencheh).

The others are MCA’s Siow Kong Choon (Chennah), PAS’ Fairuz Isa (Serting), and Razali Abu Samah (Sikamat) of Wawasan Negara.

Besides the now-former excos, Umno still has nine assemblypersons while MCA has one, next to PAS’ three and Wawasan’s two.

Clash of heads

Earlier today, Menteri Besar Ismail Lasim insisted that the state exco line-up remains intact, crying foul over the alleged barring of councillors from entering their offices at Wisma Negeri and obstruction from carrying out their duties.

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Ismail also publicly disagreed with Tuanku Muhriz’s Sept 20 request to present a new set of exco members to the state ruler.

The Juasseh assemblyperson argued that the ruler’s move was not legally valid as contrary to the requirements of the state constitution; he had not advised for the excos’ removal as he was never consulted before the royal decision.

Ismail had also confirmed that a Sept 22 meeting of the state executive council had agreed to suspend secretary Zafir Ibrahim and state legal adviser Muzalmah Mustapha Kamal.

However, Chief Secretary to the Government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar and the Attorney-General’s Chambers rejected the move, with both authorities instructing their respective personnel to continue their tasks as usual.

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