Azalina: Let Negri Sembilan Umno resolve royal proclamation issue

PUTRAJAYA: Negri Sembilan Umno and the state government should be given time and space to resolve an issue involving an alleged proclamation seeking the removal of state ruler Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.

Umno information chief Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the matter should be left to the state-level leadership to find a solution without interference from the federal government or Umno headquarters.

"I believe we have to give them time and space for the Negri Sembilan Umno liaison committee and the state government to come up with their solution.

"We have to give them space and time, and we have to respect what they are looking into the matter," she said during a media conference today.

Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim previously remained tight-lipped over the alleged proclamation seeking the removal of Tuanku Muhriz.

Ismail also declined to comment on the outcome of his meeting with Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and three party vice-presidents on Thursday.