State secretary must run Melaka if emergency is declared, says lawyer

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If an emergency is declared in Melaka, the state secretary should become the man in charge at the state chief minister’s department, says lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: If an emergency is announced in Melaka, the state secretary should be given the power to run the administration, and not the outgoing chief minister, says lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla.This is because the Melaka governor Mohd Ali Rustam had dissolved the state assembly on Tuesday after four assemblymen withdrew support for chief minister Sulaiman Md Ali, leaving his government with only 13 seats in the 28-seat assembly and paving the way for a state election.Sulaiman is now the caretaker chief minister.While the declaration of an emergency in Melaka would put the polls on hold, Haniff said the state secretary (Kamel Mohamad) should be the candidate to assume temporary l…