Muhammad Jailani Khamis
محمد جايلاني بن خميس
Member of the
Melaka State Executive Council
(Tourism, Heritage and Culture)
In office
26 November 2021  31 March 2023
GovernorMohd Ali Rustam
Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAbdul Razak Abdul Rahman
ConstituencyRembia
In office
13 March 2020  21 November 2021
GovernorMohd Khalil Yaakob
(2020)
Mohd Ali Rustam
(2020–2021)
Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyRembia
In office
16 May 2018  2 March 2020
GovernorMohd Khalil Yaakob
Chief MinisterAdly Zahari
Preceded byIdris Haron
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyRembia
Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly
for Rembia
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byNorpipah Abdol
(BNUMNO)
Majority1,814 (2018)
860 (2021)
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020–2021Independent
2021–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1972-05-27) May 27, 1972
Malacca, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR) (2017-2020)
Independent (IND) (2020-2021)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2016, 2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018-2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-current)
Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2020-current)
Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2016, 2021-current)
OccupationPolitician
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Muhammad Jailani bin Khamis is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Rembia since May 2018. He served as Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023 for the third term, from March 2020 to November 2021 for the second term and under former Chief Minister Adly Zahari from May 2018 to the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration in March 2020 for the first term. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1] He was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition before leaving PKR and becoming an independent supporting the BN coalition for nine months and later joining UMNO.[2][3][4] [5][6] [7][8]

Political career

In November 2019, he and Machap Jaya MLA Ginie Lim Siew Lin were absent in the state assembly and resulted in the defeat of a motion from the then ruling PH coalition to propose Melaka PKR Chairman Halim Bachik as a Senator.[9] PKR President Anwar Ibrahim had met them over the issue and later described it as unacceptable.[10] During the 2020 Malaysian political crisis in March 2020, Jailani played an instrumental role for the collapse of the democratically elected PH state administration led by Adly as he was among the MLAs who left PH. He left PKR and resulted Adly in his loss of majority support in the assembly. Adly was then forced to resign as Chief Minister and the administration coallsped. He switched allegiance to BN as an independent. BN later returned to power together with Perikatan Nasional (PN) as a coalition government. Sulaiman of BN was then appointed as new Chief Minister to replace Adly. He was later reappointed as an EXCO member for the same portfolios. In 2021, he rejoined UMNO.[2] In the 2021 Melaka state election, he was nominated by the party as the BN candidate to defend the Rembia seat and he was reelected as the Rembia MLA and reappointed again as an EXCO member for the same portfolios.[11][12] On 29 March 2023, Sulaiman was confirmed to have resigned as Chief Minister. Jailani labelled the incoming Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh as a "backdoor" leader. The phrase was prominent during the political crisis and was often used to describe a government or politician that is not democratically elected and without having an electoral mandate from the people. Fellow EXCO member and Merlimau MLA Muhamad Akmal Saleh hit back at Jailani and explained that no MLAs were involved in toppling Sulaiman and pressuring him to resign as well as reminding him of his instrumental role in the fell of the PH state administration in March 2023. On 31 March 2023, Tanjung Bidara MLA Ab Rauf was appointed as the Chief Minister to replace Sulaiman. He alleged that Ab Rauf had pressured and toppled Sulaiman and declared that he was not supporting Ab Rauf and his government although they both were Barisan Nasional MLAs. On 5 April 2023, Ab Rauf appointed his EXCO lineup and Jailani was dropped from the lineup as widely expected.

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly[13][14][15]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N06 Rembia Muhammad Jailani Khamis (PKR) 6,773 52.37% Norpipah Abdol (UMNO) 4,959 38.35% 13,175 1,814 84.26%
Mohammad Rashidi Abd Razak (PAS) 1,200 9.28%
2021 Muhammad Jailani Khamis (UMNO) 4,224 41.61% Zamri Pakiri (PKR) 3,364 33.13% 10,152 860 64.43%
Zamzuri Arifin (BERSATU) 2,433 23.97%
Murali Krishnan (IND) 67 0.66%
Sabarudin Kudus (IND) 64 0.63%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

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  7. "Melaka CM announces state exco line-up". Bernama (in Malay). Astro Awani. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  8. Amir Mamat (13 March 2020). "Sembilan Exco Melaka angkat sumpah" (in Malay). Harian Metro. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  9. "Absent two votes, PKR defeated over new Melaka senator". Bernama. Free Malaysia Today. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  10. "Unacceptable for PKR assemblymen to be absent for Melaka senator motion, says Anwar". The Straits Times. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  11. "PRN Melaka: Umno tampil 90% muka baharu" (in Malay). Free Malaysia Today. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. "Melaka polls: Barisan unveils candidates list contesting all 28 state seats". The Star. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  13. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  14. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  15. "N.06 REMBIA". SPR Dashboard. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  16. "Rina heads list of 419 recipients of Malacca state awards". Bernama. Malaysiakini. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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