Kuala Lampur, Dec. 29 -- Under Article 39(2)(a) of the Laws of the Constitution of Perlis (LN 5 of 1959) (State Constitution), the Menteri Besar shall be appointed by the Ruler who in His Majesty's judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Legislative Assembly (LA).

The majority is eight out of 15 Assembly persons (Aduns).

Given that the Speaker of the LA had reportedly said on Thursday (December 25) that he was satisfied that the circumstances under Article 50A(1)(a)(ii) of the State Constitution had been met, confirming that the seats for Chuping, Bintong and Guar Sanji had fallen vacant, the number of seats in the LA had fallen to 12.

Accordingly, the majority is seven out of 12 Aduns.

That is the majority...