The government has instructed Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail to look into the need for guidelines to govern the actions of a caretaker government.

NONE Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz agreed that if the Negri Sembilan assembly is not dissolved at midnight tomorrow, the state government will be deemed to be a caretaker government.

"I think as we move on there will be a need for this, and we will ask the Attorney-General’s Chambers to look into it - on things which a caretaker government can do and cannot do. It’s not a problem for us," he said.

Nazri had earlier represented the government in signing an agreement with the Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation secretary-general Dr Rahmat Mohamad for the body to operate arbitration cases at the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre Arbitration (KLRCA).

Gani, the adviser to the KLRCA, witnessed the signing ceremony.

Elaborating on the position of a caretaker government, Nazri said it would continue with what has been agreed before the dissolution.

“... If there is continuation of the administration, that can be done, but you cannot make new announcements or new commitments,” he said.

“... Between the date of the dissolution and the formation of the new government, (it) will be care-taking (looking after administration) You cannot make any new decision.”

He noted that there are only conventions on guiding a caretaker government, as in Australia and the UK.

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