Swearing-in of new Selangor MB on Sept 23

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SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Palace has confirmed that the new Menteri Besar of the state will be sworn in on Tuesday, Sept 23 at the Istana Alam Shah, Klang near here.

The Sultan of Selangor’s private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, when contacted by Bernama yesterday, however declined to divulge the name of the new menteri besar.

He said this would only be known on the day of the ceremony.

Bernama understands that Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman Mohamad Azmin Ali and Cempaka assemblyman Iskandar Abdul Samad are the frontrunners to to be made the new MB, holding the highest administrative post in Selangor.

However, Mohamad Munir refused to confirm this when asked to comment on the matter.

The Sultan had ordered on Aug 26 that the parties within Pakatan Rakyat – DAP, PKR and PAS – submit more than two names each as possible candidates for the new menteri besar post.

His Royal Highness had earlier postponed accepting the resignation of Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as Menteri Besar until after the process of appointing his successor was completed.

However, both PKR and DAP maintained that they wanted PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the sole candidate for the post. — Bernama