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PAS' Nizar is new Perak MB

Mar 12, 08 5:49pm

Pasir Panjang state assemblyperson and Perak PAS secretary Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin was today confirmed as the new menteri besar of the state.The decision was reached after the Regent of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah met with the three nominees for the post this evening.

The other two candidates for the post were state DAP chairperson and Sitiawan state assemblyperson Ngeh Khoo Ham and PKR’s Behrang assemblyperson Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi.
Also decided today is that Ngeh would be made the deputy menteri besar (1) while an Indian candidate would be made deputy menteri besar (2).Earlier, the Penang state government has announced a similar multiracial arrangement for its top leadership.

The Indian deputy MB will come from one of the five elected assemblypersons - four from PKR and one from PKRThey are DAP’s A Sivanesan (Sungkai), KS Keshvinder Singh (Malim Nawar), VN Sivakumar (Tronoh) and A Sivasubramaniam (Buntong) and PKR’s S Kesavan.

Nizar will be sworn in as the new menteri besar at 4pm tomorrow.Under the state constitution, the menteri besar has to be a Malay Muslim, but there is a provision that allows the sultan to waive the requirement.

Of a total of 59 state seats, DAP controls 18 seats while PKR has seven and PAS six, making a total of 31. The remaining 28 are in the hands of BN.

A down-to-earth guy

Nizar apologised for causing some anxiety among the public in the late announcement of the post.“I would also like to give my assurance that all state decisions will be made collectively,” he told reporters.

Nizar, 51, is one of the professionals who made it to the top echelon of the PAS leadership in the state. An engineer who obtained his degree from United Kingdom’s Aston University of Science and Technology in Birmingham, Nizar was highly respected for being a Quran reading champion.

“He is the religious type and a successful businessman,” said cousin Shuib Hussin, 70.

Meanwhile, close friend Khalilul Rahman Abdul Samah described Nizar as a down-to-earth person.

“He has good rapport with the people. I was with him once when he stopped by the roadside to help some stranger fix his car.”

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Saya mula mengenali bakal MB ini pada Disember 1995 apabila anak saya yang sulong Zaid mula belajar di Tahfiz Al Imam International Institute, Kubang Kerian , Kelantan di mana 3 orang dari anak YAB sama bersekolah di sana dan pada masa itu beliau menetap di Penang.

Apabila saya ke Jordan, anak-anak YAB juga sama belajar dengan zaid di sana dan saya mula rapat dengan anak sulung YAB . Musim panas 2006 YAB sekeluarga sempat singgah makan malam di rumah saya di Amman semasa mereka sekeluarga bercuti di Jordan ( menziarahi anak-anak ).

mimi dan anak beliau yang bongsu di Amman...

Memang benar apa yang dikatakan mereka sekeluarga merupakan keluarga yang amat merendah diri( mereka adalah rich the riches) . Anak-anak yang hafiz dan hafizah menjadi tulang belakang keluarga dan YAB sendiri amat humble dalam pertuturan dan perbuatan.

saya dan isteri beliau.... terlalu lemah lembut orangnya...

Bila saya dapat tahu beliau menjadi MB Perak, saya bersyukur kerana ditakdirkan Perak mendapat MB yang meletakkan al Quran dalam kehidupan seharian. Alhamdulillah.

Saya doakan agar beliau dapat menjalankan tugas dengan adil dan saksama kepada semua kaum di Perak .