Bersatu’s Abu Bakar Hamzah sworn in as Perlis menteri besar

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The Kuala Perlis assemblyman replaces Sanglang rep Shukri Ramli, who resigned on Thursday due to health reasons.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/28/abu-bakar-hamzah-sworn-in-as-perlis-menteri-besar  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/12/28/abu-bakar-hamzah-angkat-sumpah-menteri-besar-perlis  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00Kuala Perlis Assemblyman Abu Bakar Hamzah has been sworn in as the 12th Menteri Besar of Perlis,

00:07taking over from Sanglang Assemblyman Shukri Ramli who resigned on Thursday due to health reasons.

00:15Abu Bakar, who is from Bersatu, took his oath of office before the Raja of Perlis Tuanku Said Sirajuddin Jamalulail

00:23at Istana Arao at about 4pm today, Bernama reported.

00:27His appointment comes amid a political crisis in Perlis which saw eight Perikatan Nasional Assemblymen

00:35reportedly submitting statutory declarations to the ruler to withdraw their support for Shukri who is from PAS.

00:44Three of the PAS Assemblymen, Sa'ad Seman, Fakrol Anwar Ismail and Ridzwan Hashim,

00:50subsequently had their party memberships terminated and their state seats were also declared vacant.

00:57The five Bersatu Assemblymen who also reportedly submitted SDs were Abu Bakar,

01:03Izizam Ibrahim, Magad Hashirat Hassan, Wan Zikri Aftar Ishak and Marzita Mansur.

01:10Following the three seats previously held by PAS declared vacant,

01:14the current distribution based on party stands at six for PAS, five for Bersatu and one for Pakatan Harapan.

01:22Pan Yuzhou FMT.

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