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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Tuesday he would seek an audience with Malaysia's king, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, to discuss and resolve the issue on the appointment of the Terengganu chief minister.
"I will certainly be meeting with Tuanku," he told newsmen after delivering a keynote address at Invest Malaysia 2008 Conference, here.
Abdullah said the meeting would be held as soon as possible.
"I wish I could have done it yesterday," said the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president.
Terengganu is the only state that has yet to install a government chief, two weeks after elections in which Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's ruling coalition suffered its worst ever results.
The coalition led by the UMNO retained control of Terengganu but Abdullah's choice for chief minister, incumbent Idris Jusoh, was overlooked by the state palace which appointed another UMNO figure.
"Idris Jusoh commands majority support (among the elected state representatives). This has not changed," Abdullah said according to the official Bernama news agency.
"As such, the appointment of any other person to the post is unconstitutional," he said.
Malaysia's elections, which delivered four more states and a third of parliamentary seats to the opposition, triggered tussles with royals in other states but appointees there had the support of the majority of lawmakers.
- CNA/AFP/so
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