Ahmad Said Risks Being Sacked From Umno If He Takes Oath As MB - Bernama

KUALA TERENGGANU, March 23 (Bernama) -- Kijal assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Said who received his letter of appointment as Terengganu Menteri Besar risks being sacked from Umno if he takes his oath of office.

State Umno liaison secretary Datuk Rosol Wahid said if Ahmad did that, he would be going against the party constitution for failing to abide by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's decision to retain Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh as the Menteri Besar.

"His (Ahmad's) appointment is not valid. What is happening here is against the Umno constitution. If he is sacked from the party, he cannot be the Menteri Besar.

"I've been made to understand that he will be sacked as Umno member (if he takes the oath of office as Menteri Besar). The action will be taken by the party's Disciplinary Board," he told reporters after leading 22 state assemblymen in handing a letter of protest against Ahmad's appointment to the post, outside Istana Tetamu here, Sunday morning.

The letter was handed over to the secretary of the Regency Advisory Council, Shafie Ali, after the assemblymen were not allowed into the palace. Ahmad, 51, received his letter of appointment as Menteri Besar from the head of the Regency Advisory Council, Tengku Sri Panglima Raja Tengku Baderulzaman, in a closed-door ceremony at Istana Tetamu here this morning.

It was witnessed by two council members, Tengku Sri Laksamana Raja Tengku Sulaiman Sultan Ismail and former Federal Court judge Datuk Abdul Kadir Sulaiman.

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