JOHOR BAHRU – Muda Puteri Wangsa State Assemblymember Amira Aisya Abd Aziz will be seated at the Balancer Block in line with Perikatan Nasional (PN) assemblymembers during the Johor State Assembly sitting beginning this Thursday.
Johor State Assembly Speaker Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the decision was in line with Muda president Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman’s statement on Sunday that the party was withdrawing its support for the unity government and a notification letter from Johor Balancer Chief Andrew Chen Kah Eng.
“Based on a media statement by the Muda president and a notification letter by Johor Balancer Chief from the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Block Andrew Chen Kah Eng (Stulang), Puteri Wangsa Assemblyman Amira Aisya Abd Aziz’s seat has been moved in line with the PN Balancer Block,” he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, Mohd Puad said the swearing-in ceremony of Simpang Jeram Assemblyman Nazri Abdul Rahman will be held at 9.30am on Thursday in conjunction with the third meeting of the 15th Johor State Assembly.
In the Johor state election in March last year, Barisan Nasional (BN) won comfortably with more than a two-thirds majority, securing 40 of the 56 seats in the State Assembly, while PH won 11 seats, followed by PN (three), and one each by PKR and Muda.
Last Saturday, Nazri, who is Bakri Amanah deputy leader, won with a majority of 3,514 votes, defeating PN candidate Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya and Independent candidate S. Jeganathan in the Simpang Jeram state by-election. – September 12, 2023