Its all about the Dep.. Mayor. JULY/2008

30/07/08 -Press Release - Nanban -



Makkal Osai



NST

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today did not dismiss the possibility of the state government creating the post of deputy mayor of Ipoh city if there is a necessity for it.


He, however, has left it to Mayor Roshidi Hashim to discuss the matter with the 24 Ipoh City Council (MBI) members.

"We leave it to them to make a suggestion and it is then subject to review, but certainly if there is a need for the post, we will announce it," he told reporters after the swearing-in ceremony for the Ipoh Mayor here today.

The menteri besar was asked whether it was true that the Pakatan Rakyat state government would introduce the post of deputy mayor as rumoured over the last few months.

Asked whether the post was provided for under the Local Government Act 1976, he said: “There is a mention…(post of) Datuk Bandar (Mayor) includes deputy Datuk Bandar, so we will work on that provision.”
Speculation has been rife that DAP Member of Parliament for Ipoh Barat and MBI councillor M. Kulasegaran will be appointed the first deputy mayor for Ipoh if the post is created, as a compromise for not being appointed Mayor.

Roshidi, 52, was appointed the eighth Ipoh Datuk Bandar effective July 1, replacing Datuk Mohamad Rafiai Moktar who retired last month.

The former MBI secretary also has 16 years of experience as a prosecuting officer with the Anti-Corruption Agency.

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the post of Ipoh Mayor prior to this, including the possibility of Kulasegaran himself or Hulu Perak district officer Datuk Abdul Karim Osman filling up the post.


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