Negeri Sembilan Umno chief says party to get fewer than five exco posts in state govt
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Umno will get more than two but fewer than five posts in the new Negeri Sembilan state government, according to its state chief Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias.
This is because the party won 14 out of 36 seats in the recent Negeri Sembilan election, fewer than its new ally Pakatan Harapan, news portal Free Malaysia Today reported this morning.
“We have finished our discussions, including with the party president, and we have come to a conclusion.
“We will certainly get more than two (seats), but it’s not going to be five. (This is) in accordance with the share (of seats) we have.
“We share power in the unity government. We need to compromise, and as partners, we don’t consider others to be beneath us,” Jalaluddin was quoted as saying.
The Pertang assemblyman said the swearing-in ceremony for the exco members would be held at Istana Besar Seri Menanti in Kuala Pilah tomorrow.
Negeri Sembilan is the last of the six states that held elections on August 12 to announce its state executive council members.
PH won the largest number of seats in the state legislative assembly at 17. The remaining five were won by the Opposition Perikatan Nasional coalition.
