Thursday 2 April 2009

It's confirmed: Najib will be sworn in tomorrow, 3 April - Chief Secretary

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be sworn in as prime minister at 10am on Friday, Chief Secretary to the government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said.

Mohd Sidek had said in a statement - earlier yesterday - which was reported by Bernama that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin has given his consent to the swearing-in ceremony.

However, later, the office of the Chief Secretary to the government said that it had issued the statement prematurely, and Bernama issued a note to editors asking for the story on the swearing in to be ignored. But a few hours later, the office of the Chief Secretary finally released the statement confirming the swearing-in ceremony.

Najib To Be Sworn In Friday - Chief Secretary
April 01, 2009 23:23 PM

PUTRAJAYA, April 1 (Bernama) -- The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin has given his consent for Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be sworn in as prime minister at 10am on Friday, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said.

In a statement issued here Wednesday night, he said Tuanku Mizan had also consented to grant an audience to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib at 10am tomorrow for Abdullah to relinquish the post and seek consent to appoint Najib as the new prime minister.

Tuanku Mizan gave his consent at an audience with Abdullah before the cabinet meeting this morning.

The King had given his consent for Najib to be presented his letter of appointment as prime minister and to take his oath of office, loyalty and confidentiality at Istana Negara at 10am on Friday, the statement said.-- BERNAMA


5 comments:

Starmandala said...

Let's see if Pink Lips will survive his first 100 days as PM. I seriously doubt it.

MAHANOR SALEHA said...

With 001 (Tun Dr M) back in the fold, dah tentu BN lebih kukuh

anwar mula goyah di bukit selambau, tinjauan pkr --- pengundi menolak manikumar ye lah orang muda tak berpengalaman

http://selamba-u.blogspot.com/2009/04/pkr-akui-silap-mencalonkan-manikumar.html

a rakyat said...

He aint gonna have a honeymoon, if that's what you mean.

Setuju! He he he!

On the contrary, he is going to have sleepless nights... what with a ghost haunting him lot of skeletons in the cupboard.

Congrats, Najib to those sleepless nites.

wanna know said...

So now there's no more secrecy, no more mystery. Najib is going to be sworn in veryy soon at 9.45am. Unless there's is some kind of divine intervention.

Bye bye Pak Lah and happy retirement! Now you can sleep to yr heart's content.

Stay tune everybody to TV1 and TV3.

No guessing who is feeling at the top of the world now. Lol.

Wait. There's going to be a documentary on Najib tonite.

Will his family unit include Najib's three kids by his 1st wife and the incoming 1st lady's children from her first marriage?

Or is it going to be just PM and his first lady and just their two children.

Gonna be very interesting if she is going to exclude them - their children from their respective 1st marriages.

He! He! He! Our 6th PM and his 1st lady sure have a colorful past.

puteri said...

Oh my God, Pak Lah's wife was also awarded a Tunship? For what?

Bigdog was right. Its a syarat before his retirement.

Dont tell me anothe rsyarat is for the s.i.l. to be appointed in the cabinet.

God forbid.