SEREMBAN – Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim had an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, at Istana Hinggap here on Tuesday.
A vehicle carrying the Juasseh State Legislative Assemblyman (ADUN) was seen arriving at the palace at about 10.50am.
Also seen were vehicles belonging to two of the four undisputed Undangs, namely Undang Luak Rembau Dato' Sedia Raja Hassan Ab Hamid and Undang Luak Sungei Ujong Dato' Klana Petra Muhammad Faris Johari, as well as Negeri Sembilan Police Chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad.
The presence of all of them to meet Tuanku Muhriz is believed to be related to discussions on the adat crisis currently unfolding in the state.
Earlier, media reports quoted Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as saying that Ismail had been instructed to meet Tuanku Muhriz to discuss a solution to the ongoing adat crisis.
The Umno president said the best approach must be sought at the state level to ensure the situation does not become more complicated, with the people ultimately bearing the consequences.
He said Ismail had also been given the mandate to meet the four Undangs, Tunku Besar of Tampin, Datuk Shahbandar and the state's adat hierarchy to find a way out of the prolonged impasse.
“What is important is that the people must be given priority. Their problems must be addressed and their concerns must be attended to.
“Let us find a good solution at the state level, and certainly we do not want the situation to become more complicated and the people to suffer as a result of this situation,” he said at a press conference after officiating the 18th Annual General Assembly of Parti Makkal Sakti Malaysia at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur on Monday.