Kuala Lampur, Sept. 22 -- Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim said yesterday that the state's executive councillors (excos) remain in office, arguing that the Yang di-Pertuan Besar cannot remove them without his advice.

In a statement a day after the palace announced it had revoked the appointments of all excos, Ismail said the state's administrative system rests on constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

"Based on Part Two of the UUTKNS 1959, the sovereign power of the Ruler in matters of state administration shall be exercised on the advice of the YAB Menteri Besar and the State Executive Council," he said, citing Article 40(1) of the Laws of the Constitution of Negeri Sembilan (UUTKNS).

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