KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Constitution should have provisions in place before the 2025 state election to"guide" the Governor in appointing a chief minister, says the Sabah Law Society.Article 6, which was added to the state Constitution in 1990, formed a guide for the Governor to pick the leader of the winning party to be chief minister to avoid losing parties from grabbing power.
"This is very discretionary. This discretion should be fettered to ensure transparency and certainty in such appointments," he added. They felt that the Governor's discretion was"very wide and open" now and was no longer limited by the repeal of Article 6.
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