Datuk Seri Ahmad Said hari ini meletak jawatan sebagai Menteri Besar Terengganu, kata Setiausaha Agung UMNO, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
Ahmad Said dipercayai menyerahkan surat peletakan jawatan kepada Sultan Terengganu hari ini, sementara penggantinya dijangka mengangkat sumpah sebagai Menteri Besar baharu malam ini.
Tengku Adnan yang mengesahkan mengenai perletakan jawatan Ahmad Said itu berkata, beliau berada di negeri itu untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan ahli-ahli Dewan Undangan (ADUN) Negeri Terengganu berhubung perkara tersebut.
"Memang Ahmad Said meletak jawatan. Beliau telah mengadakan pertemuan dengan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan semua ADUN akur dengan keputusan Presiden parti," katanya di sini hari ini lapor Utusan
Sementara itu The Star Online menamakan ADUN Seberang Takir, Datuk Abdul Razif Abdul Rahman dijangka dilantik sebagai MB yang baru..
Terengganu to have new MB, swearing in tonight, says Ku Nan
KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said has stepped down and his successor will be sworn-in on Monday night, said Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
The Barisan secretary-general said that the swearing-in ceremony is expected to take place after 8pm Monday night at the Istana Syarqiyyah here.
Tengku Adnan did not name Ahmad Said's successor, but Seberang Takir assemblyman Datuk Abdul Razif Abdul Rahman has been widely tipped to assume the post.
Ahmad Said, a two-term Terengganu MB, was said to have handed his resignation letter to the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin on Monday.
This confirms speculation that Ahmad Said would be replaced, following a supposed agreement with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak that he would stay on for only a year after Barisan almost lost the state in the 13th general election last year.
Najib had allegedly given Ahmad a one-year grace period after the elections because he wanted the Terengganu leader to have a "soft landing".
Barisan won 17 state assembly seats against Pakatan Rakyat's 15, and managed to win half of the eight Parliamentary seats in the state.
Abdul Razif, 49, is also a state executive councillor for Science and Technology, Environment, Energy, Green Technology and Water.
Hairan jugak aku.. bila dikhabarkan MB Selangor nak ditukarkan, riuh rendah macai mengutuk PKR/PR.. tapi bila MB Terengganu ni ditukar semua buat tak nampak pulak..