Dr Akmal kekal Exco kerajaan negeri Melaka

KETUA Menteri Melaka Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh mengesahkan beliau menolak peletakan jawatan Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh sebagai Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri (Exco) yang dilakukan Ketua Pemuda UMNO itu pada Januari lepas.

Beliau berkata justeru, Dr Muhamad Akmal diharap dapat meneruskan tugasnya sebagai Exco Kemajuan Desa, Pertanian dan Keterjaminan Makanan negeri.

“Saya telah buat keputusan untuk menolak surat peletakan jawatan beliau sebagai Exco. Hak menerima atau menolak (peletakan jawatan) ialah hak ketua menteri,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas melakukan lawatan ke Projek Pembinaan Loji Rawatan Air Jus Fasa Dua di Jasin, semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian selepas diminta mengulas status peletakan jawatan Dr Muhamad Akmal sebagai Exco sebelum ini.

Pada Januari lepas, media melaporkan Dr Mohamad Akmal yang juga Ketua UMNO Bahagian Jasin mengumumkan peletakan jawatan sebagai Exco Melaka yang disandang sejak April 2023.

Beliau mengumumkan keputusan tersebut di hadapan lebih 2,500 perwakilan Perhimpunan Agung Pemuda UMNO di Pusat Dagangan Dunia (WTC) Kuala Lumpur ketika menyampaikan ucapan dasar pada majlis berkenaan.

Dr Akmal stays on as Melaka state Exco

MELAKA chief minister Ab Rauf Yusoh has rejected the resignation of Dr Akmal Saleh as a state executive councillor, more than two months after the Umno Youth chief announced his intention to step down from the position.

Rauf said it was his prerogative to accept or reject the Merlimau assemblyman’s resignation from the exco post.

“I wish to inform that Akmal submitted his resignation letter shortly after making the announcement.

“However, I have decided to reject the resignation so that he can continue serving as a member of the state executive council,” he was quoted as saying by Harian Metro in Jasin.

In January, Akmal announced his intention to resign from the Melaka exco post to “fight DAP to the end”.

He said this at the Umno Youth general assembly, adding that he had discussed the matter with party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Rauf.

He also said he would remain as Umno Youth chief, as Zahid and Rauf had advised him that “a warrior never deserts his friends”.

Akmal is the state executive councillor for rural development, agriculture and food security.

The outspoken Umno Youth chief has frequently locked horns with DAP leaders over various issues despite the two parties being allies in the federal and state governments.

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