GE15: Saraani to be sworn in as MB for new BN-Pakatan govt in Perak

IPOH: Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan will form the Perak state government.

State National Council member Tan Sri Annuar Zaini said Perak Ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah is satisfied that following an audience by state Barisan chairman Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad and Tebing Tinggi assemblyman Dr Abdul Aziz Bari that they have the numbers to form the state government.

"To be fair, the Sultan has also asked representatives from Perikatan Nasional - Razman Zakaria and Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharuddin - to seek audience.

"When asked whether they had the numbers to form the state government, they admitted that they did not.

"They also understood that the Sultan has to act according to the law that those who command a simple majority are to form the state government," he said in a press conference on Monday (Nov 21).

Annuar Zaini also said Barisan and Pakatan had come to an agreement that Saarani will be sworn in as the Perak Mentri Besar.

The Kota Tampan assemblyman will be sworn in at Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar at 5.30pm Monday.