PEKAN: The Regent of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has postponed the Pahang Menteri Besar swearing-in ceremony which was scheduled today as he needed more time.
The ruler said there were no problems (on the appointment) and the postponement was because he needed time to identify all the elected representatives.
“I postponed because I felt that I need time...there is no problem or any other reasons. It will be easier if I can identify all the elected representatives....thats all.
“There are several new faces so I want to get to know them and their potentials,” he told reporters when met at the Istana Abu Bakar here today after the investiture ceremony in conjunction with Pahang Sultan, Sultan Ahmad Shah’s birthday.
Earlier State Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, who won the Pelangai state seat for the eighth consecutive term was expected to be reinstated as Menteri Besar for the fifth term after Barisan Nasional retained the state in the 14th General Election (GE14).
However, the ceremony which was initially scheduled at 9.30am before the state awards and medals ceremony at the palace was postponed.
It is learnt that the swearing in ceremony will be held by Wednesday.
Tengku Abdullah also did not rule out the possibility that the Menteri Besar and state executive council members swearing-in ceremony will be held simultaneously.
“Maybe the Menteri Besar and state executive council members swearing in ceremony will be done at the same time. There are a lot of new faces so I want to get to know them,” he said.
On his meeting with BN, Pakatan Harapan(PH) and Pas assemblyman at Istana Abdul Aziz on Friday, Tengku Abdullah said he invited them over to to get to know them better.
“I invited them (elected representatives) to know the old and new faces. It was a musyawarah (discussion) and get to know their areas (constituency)...there is no other agenda,” he said.
In GE14, BN won 25 state seats to obtain a simple majority to form the state government while PH and Pas each won nine and eight state seats respectively.