Selangor BN gives 2 names to Najib

Both candidates will serve people well, say coalition

SHAH ALAM: SELANGOR Barisan Nasional has submitted two names to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for the post of Selangor opposition leader.

Sungai Burong assemblyman Datuk Shamsuddin Lias and Jeram assemblyman Datuk Amiruddin Setro, both having won three terms in their respective areas, were proposed for the position.

Semenyih aseemblyman Datuk Johan Abdul Aziz revealed that the 12 BN assemblymen who had won their seats in the 13th General Election had met to discuss this issue.

"We had a two-hour meeting last week and agreed to propose Datuk Shamsuddin and Datuk Amiruddin based on their experience.

"They have experience as assemblymen when BN was governing Selangor as well as when Pakatan took over."


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PKR banks on women power

Three women are set to fill all three places for PKR when the new Selangor executive council takes its oath of office today.

They include first-term Sementa assemblyman Dr Daroyah Alwi, a dentist.

The other two are Elizabeth Wong (Bukit Lanjan) and Rodziah Ismail (Batu Tiga), who defended their respective state seats at the recent general election.

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, also a PKR nominee, was appointed Mentri Besar for a second term on May 14.

The other woman likely to be in his team is Selat Kelang assemblyman Dr Halimah Ali, from PAS.

A lot of haggling was reported to have taken place before all three parties in the Pakatan Rakyat agreed on their candidates for the exco line-up, which will now also consist of three representatives from DAP and four from PAS.

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Hannah Yeoh named Selangor Speaker

Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh(pic) of the DAP was today named Speaker of the Selangor State Assembly, making history as the first woman Speaker in the country.

Her deputy is Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad from PKR, when the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat government unveiled its new executive council line-up today.

News portal Malaysiakini reported today that Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim announced the line-up on his Twitter account.

The new exco was sworn in before Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah at Istana Alam Shah here this morning.

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Speaker mum on amending Selangor constitution

Teng said the matter was between Khalid and him

Selangor state assembly Speaker Datuk Teng Chang Khim refused to comment today on Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s call for an emergency sitting to amend state laws to allow Selangor to appoint its own top civil servants.

Khalid’s Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government does not, however, have the necessary two-thirds majority as they only control 35 out of the 54 votes — including Teng’s — making it difficult to make amendments to enable the state ruler and the mentri besar have a say in top state civil posts.

“At this point of time, I do not want to comment on anything concerning the state secretary, I am not saying anything. The matter is between me and the MB, not with the media. I will talk when I am ready,” Teng told The Malaysian Insider.

Today, state ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah acknowledged the fact that he has no power in accepting or rejecting any appointments made by the Public Service Commission.

Khalid had revealed earlier today that the Sultan had agreed with the state government that previous amendments to the state constitution had effectively “transferred” all power of appointment of the state secretary to Putrajaya.