WHO DECIDES ON A MENTERI BESAR? .AND THE STATE EXCO?

“I have nine days to submit a list of exco members to the sultan. It’s only after that I would consider my deputy,” he (Abdul Khalid Ibrahim) said. What is he talking about "I" - this is a matter for the Opposition Coalition - the Barisan Rakyat to decide.... I hope that one of the 1st thinks that they do is to announce the date when local council elections would be held..... I hope that the 2nd thing that they do is tell us when Selangor will need to choose someone to fill the post of the Senator -- and the fact that the people will decide by way of ballot the person that will be sent to the Senate.. There also need to be election for Kampung Committees, Taman Committees, etc...the old JKKK and JKKT must be revamped or its persons be elected by the RAKYAT. What are you going to do with regards the TEMPLES, SURAUs etc... that have been demolished by the previous BN governments - will temples be re-built... The plantation workers who still do not have HOUSING - will the State Government get them housing... Will those have been given 99-year leases get free-hold land now... I do not have much confidence in a person with "Abdul Khalid Ibrahim", considering his past....would he still be showing those "BN characteristics" of old...?? He sounds like that now with all that "I" rather than the "We"... I also believe that that race religious requirements for Chief Ministers and Menteri Besars than now exist in some State Constituencies must be repealed -- and it should be in line with what we have in the Federal Constitution with regard the Prime Minister...see Article 43(2) of the Federal Constitution... " (2) The Cabinet shall be appointed as follows, that is to say: (a) the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall first appoint as Perdana Menteri (Prime Minister) to preside over the Cabinet a member of the House of Representatives who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of that House; " and, by this I believe that whichever party (or group of parties) who wins more than 50% of the seats should sit down and chose ONE person - and that name should be submitted to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agung who will do the necessary... The same should also be happening with regard to the State Menteri Besars - and for Perak, I was shocked that 3 names were submitted - there should have been just ONE name -- and since the understanding within the Opposition Parties was that it would be from the party that had obtained the most seats - it should have been a candidate from DAP - and then if the Sultan rejects that person should the next step be taken -- be it to submit another name OR to jointly protest any such refusal to appoint (noting that the Perak Constitution do have provisions for the Sultan to waive any ethnic religious requirements....) Khalid sworn in as S'gor MB

Mar 13, 08 5:47pm

PKR secretary-general and Ijok state representative Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today received the appointment letter and was sworn in as the 14th Selangor menteri besar before Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah. The 20-minute ceremony took place at Istana Bukit Kayangan in Shah Alam at 3.30pm. After taking the oath of office, Khalid signed the appointment letter witnessed by Shah Alam High Court judge Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad. In a press conference that followed, Khalid said that he would not be appointing a deputy menteri besar any time soon. “I have nine days to submit a list of exco members to the sultan. It’s only after that I would consider my deputy,” he said. He however clarified that the deputy menteri besar need not be a Malay Muslim person, paving the way for DAP to nominate its candidate for that post. Earlier it was believed that the sultan had insisted on a Malay Muslim candidate be chosen for the deputy menteri besar post. But today the sultan’s private secretary Mohamad Munir Bani explained that the sultan would not mind anyone for the post. Nevertheless Mohamad Munir said that it would still be "preferable" that the deputy menteri besar should also be a Malay Muslim for reasons of effectively administrating Islamic matters in the state in the absence of the menteri besar.