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Zambry declared rightful MB
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 13:23 |
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PUTRAJAYA – Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has retained the Perak mentri besar's post after the Federal Court here today declared his appointment by Sultan Azlan Shah as constitutional.
A five-man bench led by Court of Appeal president Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously ruled that the ruler had exercised his royal power to appoint Zambry to succeed his opponent from Pakatan Rakyat, Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, after he was satisfied that the latter had lost the majority vote of the state legislative assembly.
The Prime Minister congratulating Zambry earlier today following the court ruling. — Starpic
Alauddin sat with Chief Judge of Malaya Arifin Zakaria and Federal Court judges Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Ghazali Mohd Yusof and Abdull Hamid Embong.
Justice Arifin read out the judgment.
The conflict over who is the rightful mentri besar arose last year after three Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen quit their parties to become independents and the fourth jumped back from PKR to Umno, thus leaving the two sides with 28 assemblymen each in the 59-seat assembly.
They were Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang) and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (Changkat Jering) who resigned from PKR on Jan 30 and declared themselves as Barisan Nasional-friendly independents. DAP assemblyman Hee Yit Foong (Jelapang) followed in their footsteps four days later.
Legal proceedings
Mohammad Nizar, 52, who is Pasir Panjang state asemblyman, was appointed mentri besar after the DAP-PKR-PAS alliance won 31 seats in the 12th general election on March 8, 2008.
Sultan Azlan Shah then asked Mohammad Nizar to step down as mentri besar and swore in Zambry in February last year after declaring that the Barisan Nasional had the majority
Supporters of Zambry came to show their support dressed in yellow. They held a brief thanksgiving 'doa' outside the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya where the verdict was made.
Mohammad Nizar did not tender his resignation as mentri besar to the ruler.
He initiated legal proceedings on Feb 13 last year seeking a declaration that he is at all material times the rightful mentri besar of Perak and an injunction to bar Dr Zambry from discharging his duties as the menteri besar.
On May 11 last year, High Court judge Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim reinstated Mohammad Nizar as the legitimate mentri besar after he ruled that Barisan Nasional did not take a vote of no-confidence against him in the state legislative assembly despite having the majority.
However, it was back to status quo, when the Court of Appeal allowed Zambry's appeal and declared that his appointment as Perak mentri besar was constitutional. — Bernama
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 February 2010 22:32 |
