PARLIAMENT | The Perlis menteri besar crisis after the 14th general election has now crossed over to the federal level after Shahidan Kassim (BN-Arau) asked Parliament to clarify a specific clause in the Perlis state constitution.

The clause he would like clarified is Article 39(4) of the Perlis state constitution, which states that “in appraising menteri besar, the ruler may in his discretion dispense with any provision in this constitution restricting his choice of a menteri besar, if in his opinion it is necessary to do so in order to comply with the provisions of this Article”...