Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pic) will be meeting all Barisan Nasional (BN) Terengganu assemblymen tonight in Putrajaya, following the state’s political impasse, The Star Online reported.
A source told the English-language daily all state representatives were making their way to Putrajaya for the meeting with Najib, who is Umno president and BN chairman.
"All assemblymen have been summoned for the meeting tonight. The meeting is set to discuss the current political turmoil," the source said.
The Star Online also reported that the source said the assemblymen would also discuss numerous possibilities, including dissolving the state assembly.
The dissolving of the state assembly and rumours of fresh elections were abuzz in social media when Datuk Seri Ahmad Said was replaced by Datuk Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman as Terengganu Menteri Besar yesterday.
These rumours were triggered when three Umno assemblymen - Ahmad Said, Ajil assemblyman Ghazali Taib, and Bukit Besi assemblyman Roslee Daud - quit the party and turned independent representatives today, in reaction to the removal of Ahmad Said.
This latest development leaves Barisan Nasional with 14 state seats, one fewer than Pakatan Rakyat’s 15 in the 32-seat assembly.
State legal adviser Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid, however, told The Star Online that the state assembly Speaker was counted as a representative of the ruling state government, giving a seat ratio of 15:15:3.
It was reported earlier that Umno deputy president and Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was also on his way to Kuala Terengganu to meet Ahmad Said to find a solution to the crisis.
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