‘Buffalo trading’ among parties seals the deal


IT looks like the “buffalo trading” did not take long – and caretaker Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor is likely to be sworn in soon, possibly in the wee hours of this morning.

With no coalition or party winning a simple majority of 37 seats in the 73-seat assembly, the wooing of the Independents and smaller parties to form a coalition to govern became important.

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