NIZAR REPRESENTS RAKYAT

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Much controversy surrounded Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin during his 11-month tenure as Perak menteri besar over his relationship with the DAP.

During that period, Umno had repeatedly questioned Mohd Nizar’s authority given that predominantly Chinese DAP had 18 seats in the state assembly and held six of the 10 executive council (exco) posts.

This left only three Malay exco members - PAS’ Mohd Zainuddin Yusof and PKR’s Jamaluddin Radzi and Osman Jailu (left). In early February, however, the PKR duo quit their party to become Independents, which contributed to the collapse of the Pakatan Rakyat-led state government.

Under the circumstances, Umno leaders had repeatedly labelled Mohd Nizar a “DAP puppet”, and as being under the control of cabinet members Ngeh Khoo Ham and Nga Kor Ming.

“Right or wrong, that is a perception which I cannot run away from,” Mohd Nizar told Malaysiakini in an interview at his Ipoh home last Wednesday.

He said this perception stemmed from his numerous public appearances with DAP leaders, for example at the press conference following the weekly exco meeting.

Mohd Nizar claimed that Jamaluddin and Osman were chain-smokers and would disappear after the meetings, leaving him and Zainuddin as the sole Malay representatives.
(Source: Malaysiakini)

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