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Sulaiman Md Ali (Facebook)
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Sulaiman was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Melaka at 1am today, 21 November, by the state Yang di-Pertua Negeri, according to a statement posted on Sulaiman’s Facebook page.
His swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Barisan Nasional (BN) chief Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, his deputy Mohamad Hasan, and former prime minister Najib Razak among others.
Of the remaining seven seats, two were won by Bersatu-led PN, while PH managed to win five.
In BN’s 21 seats, one was won by MIC, two by MCA, and a whopping 18 by UMNO. During the last state elections, the coalition had only managed to win 13 out of the 28 seats.
Meanwhile, PKR, which is part of the PH coalition, lost all of the 11 seats it contested.
He returned to the chief minister post a month after his government collapsed due to four assemblymen withdrawing support with two of them defecting to the opposition.
While one of the four former state assemblymen did not contest, the three who did were ignored by the voters. Of the three, two contested on PH ticket, while one ran independently.