New Perak MB to be sworn in today

Kota Tampan assemblyman Datuk Saarani Mohamad as Umno candidate for the Perak Mentri Besar's post.(December, 7th, 2020). - RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: Perak Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Saarani Mohamad will be sworn in as the 14th Perak Mentri Besar at Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar at 11am today.

In a press statement, Comptroller of the Perak Royal Household Kolonel (Rtd) Datuk Abdul Rahim Mohamad said Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah had been convinced that the Kota Tampan assemblyman had received majority support from state assemblymen for the position.