KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- Would the current Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar lose his position just because a group of lawmakers publicly declare that they have lost confidence in him?

Constitutional lawyers told Malay Mail that the best way or "gold standard" is still for lawmakers to vote on whether they have lost confidence in the Menteri Besar, and that this vote should be done in Negeri Sembilan's state legislative assembly or Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN).

When contacted by Malay Mail, former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus went one step further by saying that a vote in the DUN is the only way to decide if an MB has lost majority support: "Loss of confidence could only be determined by vote in the Dewan."

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