MELAKA: Perikatan Nasional is leaving it to Melaka Chief Minister-elect Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh to decide whether its assemblymen should be appointed to the state executive council (exco).
Pas vice-president Datuk Idris Ahmad said he would not comment further on the matter as it fell entirely under Rauf’s prerogative.
“That is the Chief Minister-elect’s prerogative. I have no comment on this. What matters to us is our agenda today. The first step was to win first,” he told reporters after the announcement of the unofficial results for the 16th Melaka state election at the Melaka International Trade Centre.
Idris also described PN candidates’ victories over prominent political figures in several key seats as evidence of public support for the Melaka unity wave.
“We have proven that we can be giant-killers, with our candidates defeating prominent opponents, including Ridhuan Syarif,” he said.
PN won three state seats in the Melaka election — Paya Rumput, Bemban and Bukit Katil — and will join Barisan Nasional in forming the state government.