The Kedah regency council will meet the state opposition assemblypersons tomorrow to try and resolve the menteri besar crisis.

PAS Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar said that the 15 state opposition assemblypersons will meet the council at 2pm tomorrow.

He also said that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Umno had surpassed limits in his bid to remove Mukhriz as MB.

"He just wants to remove his enemy. Tell me, do we need to remove the MB?" Mahfuz asked when met at the Stadium in Alor Setar this evening.

Mahfuz was at the stadium to show solidarity with Mukhriz, who is facing a coup against him led by Umno deputy chief Ahmad Bashah Mohd Hanapiah and 14 other division leaders.

When contacted, PKR's Bakar Arang assemblyperson Simon Ooi and DAP's Derga assemblyperson Teoh Kai Bi confirmed the meeting tomorrow.

Asked if the opposition assemblypersons will support Mukhriz, Teoh said: "I cannot answer your question. We will see after we meet the regency council."

It is learnt that half of the 19 BN assemblypersons who met the regency council this afternoon did not support the movement to oust Muhkriz.

Meanwhile, Mahfuz said the opposition assemblypersons will first meet to decide their stand.

He added that if Mukhriz might stand a chance of remaining as MB if has the support of the 15 opposition reps.

"We leave it to the state opposition but we hope it would be a decision that would maintain Mukhriz as MB," Mahfuz said after the football match.

Ahmad Bashah has claimed to have the support of 19 state assemblymen including eight executive councillors who signed statutory declarations to remove Mukhriz.

This led to PM Najib seeking royal consent to replace Mukhriz.

The PM was reportedly told to provide three names of potential candidates, but he later denied such reports.

Mukhriz's father and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is on a mission to oust Najib as PM.

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