Seven PH, three BN reps sworn in as Perak exco

IPOH: A total of 10 Perak elected representatives were sworn in yesterday as executive councillors in the first unity government between Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN).

The swearing-in ceremony was held at 11.30am at the Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar before Perak ruler Sultan Nazrin Shah.

The new line-up consists of seven PH and three BN members.

The PH members are Woo Kah Leong (Pasir BedamarDAP), Loh Sze Yee (Jalong-DAP), A. Sivanesan (Sungkai-DAP) and Teh Kok Lim (AulongDAP), Sandrea Ng (Teja-PKR), Mohd Azlan Helmi Helmi (Tualang Sekah-PKR), and Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (Sungai RapatAmanah).

The BN members are all from Umno, namely Datuk Mohd Zolkafly Harun (Lintang), Salbiah Mohamed (Temengor) and Khairuddin Abu Hanipah (Belanja).

The portfolios of each will be decided a er the first exco meeting.

Datuk Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid from Umno will continue to serve as the caretaker speaker until the first state assembly session.

Canning assemblyman Jenny Choy from DAP was appointed as deputy speaker.

PH won 24 seats while BN won nine seats in last Saturday’s state election that was held concurrently with the 15th national polls.

Both coalitions were able to form the state government with 33 seats. The remaining 26 seats were secured by the Perikatan Nasional coalition.

— Bernama photo Sultan Nazrin (seated, centre) with the new state exco, headed by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad (standing, centre). Flanking the Sultan are Raja Muda Perak Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa (le ) and Raja Dihilir Perak Raja Iskandar Dzulkarnain Sultan Idris Shah.