Terengganu MB Ahmad Said resigns

Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Said has resigned and his successor is expected to be sworn in tonight.

Seberang Takir assemblyperson Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman (right), according to the Star Online, will be sworn in as the new menteri besar in Kuala Terengganu.

Ahmad Razif, 49, is also the state executive councillor for Science and Technology, Environment, Energy, Green Technology and Water.

Speculation had been rife that Ahmad Said would be replaced following an agreement with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Based on the agreement, Ahmad Said would remain as menteri besar for only a year after BN almost lost the state in the 13th general election last year.

Meanwhile, Sinar Harian quoted BN secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor confirmed the resignation.

In the last general election, BN won 17 state assembly seats against Pakatan Rakyat's 15, and managed to win half of the eight Parliamentary seats in the state.

Bread and penguins

Last December, Ahmad Said was compared to the English folklore heroic outlaw Robin Hood when he stopped two lorries carrying bread in Chendor, Pahang so that the bread can be distributed to hungry and stranded flood victims in Kemaman.

His action went viral on Facebook and certain blogs called him Robin Hood.
       
"I am no Robin Hood," he later stressed, explaining that while Robin Hood robbed the rich, and gave money to the poor, his actions were still wrong.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Said had also courted controversy when led a Malaysian delegation's 15-day visit to Antarctica.

The working visit was initiated towards enabling Malaysia contribute to research on climate change which has become increasingly unpredictable.

Among those who took him to task was DAP MP Tony Pua, who said: "He isn't even the country’s Minister of Science and Technology, or the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment. He is the chief minister of a state, Terengganu who has no business gallivanting in the unpopulated South Pole!"

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