{"id":7272,"date":"2020-12-10T18:23:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2020-12-10T18:23:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:23:34","slug":"saarani-sworn-in-as-14th-perak-menteri-besar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=7272","title":{"rendered":"Saarani sworn in as 14th Perak Menteri Besar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA KANGSAR, Dec 10 — Kota Tampan assemblyman Datuk Saarani Mohamad was sworn in as the 14th Menteri Besar of Perak before the Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah at 11.20 am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The swearing-in ceremony took place at Istana Iskandariah here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking his oath of office as Perak MB, Saarani, 59, who is Perak UMNO Liaison Committee chairman, was also sworn in as a member of Dewan Negara Perak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then signed the letter of his appointment, witnessed by\u00a0Ipoh High Court Chief Judge Datuk Hisham Hashim\u00a0and State Secretary\u00a0Datuk\u00a0Suaidi\u00a0Abdul Rahim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also present at the ceremony were the Raja Muda of Perak Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa and Raja Dihilir Perak Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain Sultan Idris Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sultan Nazrin had consented to the appointment of Saarani as Menteri Besar based on Article 16 Clause 2 (a) of the Perak Constitution after considering that the Kota Tampan assemblyman was capable of gaining the majority support and confidence of the Perak State Assembly members.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saarani replaces Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu who resigned on Dec 5 after he failed to obtain the majority support of the state assemblymen in a vote of confidence moved by Datuk Abd Manap Hashim (BN-Pengkalan Baru) at the State Assembly sitting a day earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmad Faizal secured only 10 votes, while 48 voted against him and one abstained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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