KUCHING: Former Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club chairman Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who has been appointed Assistant Minister for Youth Development and Housing, is confident that his successor will continue his good job.
Speaking to the press here yesterday, Abdul Karim kept mum about his potential successor but believed that the next chairman would be named the soonest within two weeks.
“We have got a few good YBs and that (getting a successor) should not be a problem at all. You will know it before the next state legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting, which will be in November,” he said.
The Asajaya assemblyman said BN elected representatives would call for a meeting and decide the best candidate.
“Definitely, my views will be sought. BN Backbenchers Club is not a registered society, it is an in-house society just like a class unit that has a monitor,” he said.
Earlier, Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud told reporters that BN would get “someone who can lead the team.”
The state BN chairman declined to name any potential backbencher who could take over the job from Abdul Karim.
Taib said DUN Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar would seek consultation with members of the Backbenchers Club to come up with a name or two for a final decision.
“I don’t know that (a name). They will suggest one or two names then the speaker and I will make the final decision,” he said.
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