MELAKA: Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional will name Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh as Melaka Chief Minister, with the nomination letter to be submitted to the Yang di-Pertua Negri on Saturday (Nov 14) night, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The Barisan chairman announced the two coalitions unofficially won 24 of the 28 seats in the state election - a two-thirds majority.
“I hereby announce that Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional nominate Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh as the candidate for Melaka Chief Minister.
“I will send the letter tonight to the Yang di-Pertua Negri,” he told a press conference at the Barisan command centre at MITC in Ayer Keroh.
Ahmad Zahid, also the Umno president, said the two coalitions would form the state government with a mandate of more than two-thirds.
He congratulated Ab Rauf, who is Melaka Barisan chairman and the incumbent CM, and all candidates from both coalitions who won their seats.
He said the people had returned the mandate to a government that could drive stability and build a better future for Melaka and the country.
