PUTRAJAYA: It is almost certain that Terengganu\u2019s Seberang Takir assemblyman Datuk Abdul Razif Abdul Rahman will be the state\u2019s new Mentri Besar.<\/p>\n
Sources told The Star that Abdul Razif, who is also a state executive councillor, had been asked to be on standby to receive the appointment letter from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.<\/p>\n
They said that the instruction for Abdul Razif to be on standby meant that he should be in Kuala Lumpur to receive the letter at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n
Abdul Razif was in Kuala Terengganu to attend the weekly exco meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe left for Kuala Lumpur in the evening. He received a call from Putrajaya on Tuesday night asking him to be in Kuala Lumpur today,\u201d added the sources.<\/p>\n
Abdul Razif, 49, is one of two assemblymen said to be the new Mentri Besar replacing Datuk Seri Ahmad Said.<\/p>\n
The other is 45-year-old Air Putih assemblyman Wan Hakim Wan Ahmad.<\/p>\n
The change in Terengganu came about after Ahmad signed a letter agreeing that he would stay on for only a year after Barisan Nasional almost lost the state in the last general election.<\/p>\n
Barisan only won 17 state seats against Pakatan Rakyat\u2019s 15 seats while it managed to win half of the eight parliamentary seats.<\/p>\n
Najib had given Ahmad a one-year grace period after the elections because he wanted the Terengganu leader to have a \u201csoft landing\u201d.<\/p>\n
Putrajaya sources had told The Star that Ahmad signed the letter about two weeks after the May 5 elections.<\/p>\n
The letter, which is only two paragraphs long, stated that Ahmad would step down as Mentri Besar and state Umno chairman after a year and on a date to be determined by Najib.<\/p>\n
Sources in Terengganu said there was a strong feeling among the exco members and senior officials that it would be getting a new Mentri Besar very soon.<\/p>\n
The feeling was so strong that they believed that Ahmad had chaired his last exco meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n
When approached by reporters, Ahmad gave his famous two-word answer: \u201cNo comment.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, those familiar with Ahmad\u2019s body language said the \u201cno comment\u201d reply actually meant that he was not denying anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is trying his best to accept the inevitable. After all, no MB would openly confirm that he is being removed mid-term,\u201d said the sources. – thestaronline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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