PETALING JAYA: Chief minister Hajiji Noor says he will submit the names of potential Sabah governor candidates to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong soon.
“The decision to appoint a new head of state will be made by the king,” he said, according to The Borneo Post.
The tenure of the current Sabah governor Juhar Mahiruddin expires at the end of the year. A former Kinabatangan MP from Umno, Juhar has been the Bornean state’s governor since 2011.
His tenure was meant to end after two terms (eight years) but he was reappointed to the position in 2018 after the Warisan-led Sabah government amended the state’s constitution to remove the two-term limit.
He was then reappointed for a fourth term in December 2022, and is set to remain in office until Dec 31 this year.