MB CRISIS DRAGS ON

MB CRISIS DRAGS ON: Abdullah says Idris should be menteri besar PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday stood by the choice of Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh as Terengganu menteri besar. Full Story

A-G to seek audience with king KUALA LUMPUR: Under the Terengganu constitution, the Regent and Regency Advisory Council must appoint a menteri besar who has the support of a majority in the state assembly, the attorney-general said. Full Story

Umno may act against Ahmad KUALA TERENGGANU: In an almost simultaneous exchange of documents, Datuk Ahmad Said received his letter of appointment as menteri besar yesterday, while 22 state assemblymen petitioned the palace to reject him. Full Story

22 reps, 5 MPs and 4 divisions back Idris KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-two out of the 24 Barisan Nasional state assemblymen, five MPs and four out of the eight Umno divisions in Terengganu have thrown their support behind state Umno liaison chief Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh as the menteri besar. Full Story

He says he has support KUALA TERENGGANU: Newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said is confident of a smooth transition of power. Full Story

TERENGGANU MB CRISIS: Dead end for Ahmad Said, so says Rais It’s a dead end for Kijal assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Said either way, whether he is sworn in as Terengganu Menteri Besar or not. So reasoned Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, as Ahmad would not get the support of the state executive council if he tried to convene one. Full Story

latest: TERENGGANU MB CRISIS: Ahmad Said's secret audience with Sultan to solve crisis In a meeting cloaked in secrecy, embattled Terengganu Mentri Besar-designate Datuk Ahmad Said had an audience with the Sultan of Terengganu, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, this morning at Istana Terengganu in Jalan Kia Peng here. Ahmad’s arrival and departure from the Istana Terengganu here where the meeting was held went unseen by the Press. Full Story

latest: TERENGGANU MB CRISIS: Ahmad Said remains defiant, will start work as MB tomorrow Terengganu Mentri Besar-designate Datuk Ahmad Said remains defiant against calls that he went against the Umno leadership by accepting his appointment to the post. Claims that he had been sacked from the party and he was not in a position to accept the appointment, was “debateable”, he said.

Crisis deepens - The Terengganu Mentri Besar saga took a turn for the worse after Kijal assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Said went ahead and accepted his letter of appointment from the Palace. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who called the appointment unconstitutional, held a series of meetings with the state's politicians.

PM: Appointing anyone else is against Constitution SEPANG: The appointment of anyone but Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh as Terengganu Mentri Besar is unconstitutional, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. “Most of the state assemblymen support Datuk Seri Idris. This fact remains unchanged. They are in agreement,” he told reporters after attending the 10th Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. “Therefore, appointing anyone else is not right constitutionally,” he said.
Abdullah was commenting on the Mentri Besar saga in which Kijal assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Said received his letter of appointment as the new Mentri Besar from Regency Advisory Council (MPPR) chief Tengku Sri Panglima Raja Tengku Baderulzaman at a closed-door ceremony at Istana Tetamu in Kuala Terengganu at 8.20am yesterday.

latest: Terengganu MB (or not), he's going to work - KEMAMAN: Datuk Ahmad Said said he is the legitimate Mentri Besar of Terengganu and will go to his office at Wisma Darul Iman at 8am Tuesday to officially assume his role. He said his appointment was in accordance with the state’s laws and that he did not need to be sworn in for the post. The Kijal state assemblyman said that the appointment letter bestowed to him on Sunday by the Regency Advisory Council was testament to this.