KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The Persatuan Keturunan Megat Terawis Malaysia, an organisation representing the Megat clan, has urged Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin to step down as the Menteri Besar of Perak honourably.
Its secretary Megat Iskandar Megat Zaharuddin said Nizar should emulate the Orang Kaya Bendahara during the reign of the 15th Sultan of Perak in the 18th century who stepped down along with senior state officials when asked to do so because of a misunderstanding with the Sultan and the government at that time.
According to Megat Iskandar, the role of the Orang Kaya Bendahara then was the same as the Menteri Besar now.
"In the interest of the people of Perak, we urge Datuk Seri Nizar and his state executive councillors to step down honourably and do not go against the Sultan," he said in a statement here today.
To do otherwise was tantamount to treason, he added.
On Friday, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak asked the Pakatan Rakyat government to resign and Nizar step down as the Menteri Besar after the coalition failed to command a majority in the state's legislature, but Nizar refused to budge.
The clan's history dates back to the very first sultan in the state, that of Paduka Seri Sultan Muzaffar Shah I whereby the Orang Kaya Bendahara was also from the clan.
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