{"id":1635,"date":"2008-03-30T01:11:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/03\/30\/3-indians-excos-remain-a-dream\/"},"modified":"2008-03-30T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T17:11:10","slug":"3-indians-excos-remain-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/03\/30\/3-indians-excos-remain-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Indians EXCOs remain a dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier, NST reported<\/a> that there may be 3 Indian EXCO’s in Perak, with DAP “allocating” 2 seats out of 6, and PKR “allocating” 1 out of 3. There were even confident words from a DAP “insider” as well in the report.<\/p>\n

As it went, in the end only ONE Indian was sworn in on Saturday – Sivanesan from DAP. Both Sivakumar and Sivasubramaniam were left with wishful thinking only. What happened to DAP’s 2 “allocated” seats? Did they chose the best men\/women for the job?\u00a0 So\u00a0 it ended up as 5-1, instead of 4-2.<\/p>\n

The PKR’s “allocation” to an Indian, expected to be Kesavan, was instead given to a Malay.\u00a0 Instead of 1-1-1, it became 2-1-0.<\/p>\n

Initially, it would have been 5 Chinese (4 DAP, 1 PKR), 3 Indians (2 DAP, 1 PKR) and 3 Malays (1 PKR, 1 PAS, 1 MB from PAS). I guess having same number of Malay and Indians as EXCOs is too much to take; the palace and NGOs may create more problems. So, Indians are once against sacrificed.<\/p>\n

I would like to think that the actual reason is not the above. I wish the actual reason is that the BEST were selected. Were they?<\/p>\n

MK reported<\/a> that:<\/p>\n

After much speculation and deliberation on the line-up among the three parties of the coalition state government, Perak’s state executive councillors were finally sworn this morning. Bernama reported that six state assemblymen from DAP, three from PKR and one from PAS<\/span><\/strong> took their oath of office as state excos before the Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, at Istana Iskandariah at 11.10am.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The DAP assemblymen were Ngeh Koo Ham (Sitiawan), Nga Kor Ming (Pantai Remis), Su Keong Siong (Pasir Pinji), Chen Fook Chye (Keranji), Seah Leong Peng (Pasir Bedamar) and A Sivanesan (Sungkai)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the PKR assemblymen were Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi (Behrang), Tai Sing Ng (Kuala Sepetang) and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu (Changkat Jering) and the PAS assemblyman was Mohd Zainudin Mohd Yusof (Lubuk Merbau).<\/p>\n

All the assemblymen were handed their letters of appointment after which they were sworn in and signed them before palace officials and their Barisan Nasional contemporaries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No portfolios announced<\/strong><\/p>\n

This ended speculation on the alleged discord among the coalition partners on the formation of the state government and distribution of the executive council posts. However, no announcement was made on the portfolios of the councillors or the two posts of deputy mentri besar.<\/p>\n

During the general election on March 8, DAP secured the highest number of seats in the state assembly with 18, followed by PKR with seven and PAS with six.<\/p>\n

While the coalition government overcame its first hurdle of supporting the Sultan’s selection of the mentri besar from PAS, it has since been scrambling to resolve the allocation of exco posts.<\/p>\n

Immediately after Pasir Panjang assemblyperson Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin was named menteri besar and took his oath of office on March 17, he announced that two deputies would be appointed. According to Nizar, the two posts were to be filled with representatives of the Chinese and the Indian community respectively. However, this plan has purportedly faced resistance from the palace.<\/p>\n

It is understood that a tussle has also arisen over the distribution of portfolios among the incoming exco.DAP has publicly hinted that it is keen for its representative to be given the portfolio on land matters – one of the most powerful and important positions in the state.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, PAS has argued that the portfolio is usually held by the mentri besar, as is also the case in the DAP-led Penang government and PKR-led Selangor government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NST did not refer back to its earlier report when its article came out in the morning<\/a> and also when it was updated later in the day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From an initial 8 seats for DAP, it has become 6. PKR increased from 1 to 3, and PAS gets the MB post. How can DAP is being so cooperative and willing to let go? Have they been promised better things in the future? Deputy Prime Minister post maybe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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