SHAH ALAM, Feb 7 — Selangor government officials claimed today that Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had not given any directives for a meeting with Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi.
This is despite the fact that Khalid has previously said that he would be meeting the new state secretary today.
Khalid had made the announcement on January 27, three days after the state government failed to amend the Selangor constitution to restore state powers in the appointment of senior civil servants.
"No directive yet... we have not received any word on it," said an aide from the MB's office.
Another aide told The Malaysian Insider that Khalid's previous announcement only stated that he would return to work on February 7, and that "no mention" was made about any meeting with Khusrin today.
The former Selangor Religious Department (Jais) director himself said yesterday he was not informed of any scheduled meeting with the Selangor MB.
Khusrin (picture) said he only knew of the meeting to discuss his status as the state’s top civil servant through the media.
“No such thing, no official letter, I have not been informed by the mentri besar about the meeting,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
“I only learned about it through the media, no official letter and I have not been informed,” said Khusrin.
Khusrin assumed the state secretary’s post on January 1 after he was sworn in by the Sultan of Selangor but has yet to take his oath of secrecy before the mentri besar, a constitutional requirement before he is able to attend state executive council meetings.
Khalid had said that the scheduled meeting with Khusrin would resolve the issue and had also planned a joint press conference.
Khalid, however, did not say when Khusrin would be able to take his oath of secrecy.
Khusrin’s appointment was announced by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Sidek Hassan on December 27 last year.
The appointment was, however, opposed by the state government as Khalid claimed that his administration was not consulted.
The state government later attempted to amend the state constitution to enable it to appoint the top three civil servants without federal interference.
The state government, however, failed to get the support of two-thirds of the assemblymen to amend the constitution. - Malaysian Insider
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