A meeting between Barisan Nasional (BN) state assemblymen and members of the Kedah Regency Council is expected to take place Monday - believed to be related to the political feud involving the position of Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir as Menteri Besar.
Several state assemblymen had been notified of meeting which will be held at Wisma Darul Aman in Alor Setar at 2pm tomorrow.
Bernama reported that a state assemblyman, who has requested anonymity -- said he was notified about the meeting via short messaging application, WhatsApp but declined to comment further about the matter.
"No letters ... but I've received the message to be present at the meeting tomorrow," he told Bernama today.
Another assemblyman said he received the message after being contacted by an officer from Wisma Darul Aman.
A state assemblyman confirmed his attendance adding that they have been summoned to meet the council one by one.
The political climate in Kedah has reached its 'boiling point' when Mukhriz came under pressure from Kedah UMNO state assemblymen and MPs as well as senior state party leaders, headed by Kedah UMNO Liaison Committee deputy chairman Datuk Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah.
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They openly voiced their opinion that they had lost confidence in Mukhriz's leadership as Menteri Besar and UMNO Liaison Committee chairman while 19 of the 21 BN state assemblymen comprising 17 from UMNO and two from the MCA are believed to have signed a statutory declaration.
On Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak held an audience with Regency Council chairman Tunku Sallehuddin Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, who is also the Tunku Temenggong of Kedah, at Istana Darul Aman, Bukit Persekutuan, in the federal capital to discuss about a change of Menteri Besar.
Also present at the 30-minute meeting were two other council members, the Tunku Laksamana of Kedah Tan Sri Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani and the Tunku Panglima Besar of Kedah, Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Shafinaz Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.
At a media conference on the same day after chairing an UMNO Supreme Council meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Najib was reported as saying that he had presented several proposals to the Regency Council chairman on the Menteri Besar crisis.
Astro Awani
Sun Jan 31 2016
Mukhriz (left) with the Kedah Regency Council chairman Tan Sri Tunku Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah and wife, Toh Puan Temenggung Kedah Datuk Seri Tengku Maliha Tengku Ariffin during the celebration of Sultan Kedah's 88th birthday. - Bernama photo
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