Sacking of Negeri Sembilan exco members valid, says AG

The revocation of the appointments of 10 Negeri Sembilan executive council members is valid, says Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar.

Dusuki said the gazette on the revocation, effective Sept 20, aligns with Article 38(5) of the state’s constitution, Sinar Harian reported.

“According to Article 38(5), an exco member other than the menteri besar holds the post at the pleasure of the Yang Dipertuan Besar,” he said.

The Negeri Sembilan administration gazetted the revocation of the 10 exco members’ appointments on Thursday, with their sackings effective Sept 20.

The gazette said their appointments were revoked and annulled as they had violated their pledge of allegiance to the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.

The 10 now-former exco members include Umno’s Mustapha Nagoor (Palong), Faizal Ramli (Linggi), Zaiful Bahri Idris (Chembong), Razi Ali (Sungai Lui), Asna Amin (Lenggeng), Siti Nur Umaira Hasim (Labu) and Suhaimizan Bizar (Gemencheh).

The other three are MCA’s Siow Kong Choon (Chennah), PAS’s Fairuz Isa (Serting) and Razali Abu Samah (Sikamat) of Wawasan.

Their sackings come a week after they issued a statement purportedly affirming Tuanku Muhriz’s removal as Yang Dipertuan Besar. Menteri besar Ismail Lasim endorsed the statement a day later.

This was disputed by the state’s Dewan Keadilan dan Undang as well as the Attorney-General’s Chambers.