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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