KUALA LUMPUR: The power of the Sultan to appoint or remove a mentri besar took centrestage at the High Court yesterday in the case between former Perak MB Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and his successor Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.
Nizar’s lead counsel Sulaiman Abdullah, who noted that the Perak Constitution was the highest authority in the state, submitted that while the Sultan was conferred the power to appoint a mentri besar, he did not have the same power to remove a sitting mentri besar.
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