Kedah Umno deputy chief claims the 19 assemblymen reiterated their stand to the prime minister last night at a closed-door meeting.
ALOR SETAR: The 19 Kedah Barisan Nasional assemblymen who signed statutory declarations stating they had lost confidence in Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir are firm on him being replaced.
In claiming so, Kedah Umno deputy liaison chief Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said he was made to understand the majority of the assemblymen had reiterated their stand in a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Najib Razak last night.
He said that the meeting, involving 18 assemblyman and the Kedah Speaker took place at Jalan Langgak Duta.
Jitra assemblyman, Aminuddin Omar, was absent.
“The 19 assemblymen are firm in their stand that they have lost confidence in Mukhriz. That was last night, today, I’m not sure if there are those who have changed their minds,” he told reporters when met at the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport in Kedah, where he was also greeted by his supporters this morning.
Bashah also said he was unaware of any appointment of a new Menteri Besar today, and brushed it off as rumours.
Meanwhile, Tanjong Dawai representative Tajul Urus Mat Zain called on all Kedah branch chiefs to abide by disciplinary rules and await explanations from their division chiefs.
Last Wednesday, 14 out of 15 Kedah division chiefs, led by Ahmad Bashah called on Najib to strip Mukhriz of his post as Menteri Besar and state Umno chief citing loss of confidence in the latter’s leadership of the state among others.
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