ALOR SETAR, Feb 9 (Bernama) -- Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak today called on all quarters to accept the decision of the Federal Court which declared Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the Menteri Besar of Perak.

Azizan, who is also state Pas commissioner, said supporters of the opposition coalition, especially in Perak, should not question the court's decision and should accept it from the aspect of law.

"Never mind, that's the workings of the court, we hope it is a just decision and I have nothing to comment as the court has done its work and Zambry has been declared as menteri besar by the court," he said when contacted here.

Azizan said Kedah too was awaiting a court decision on the Kota Siputeh state assembly seat and the state hoped for a just decision again.

The seat is a centre of attraction pending a Court of Appeal decision on the status of the Jerlun Umno division chief, Datuk Abu Hassan Sarip, as to whether he was still the assemblyman for the area or to call for a by-election.

A panel of five judges led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously ruled that the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, had exercised his royal power to appoint Zambry to replace Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin from the DAP-PAS-PKR coalition after he was satisfied that the Mohammad Nizar had lost the majority vote of the state legislative assembly.

In KUALA LUMPUR, Opposition chief and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he was not surprised by the decision.

He said what was important was to refer the matter to the "people's court" for a decision as to who was qualified to lead the state of Perak.

Anwar said this to reporters when met at the Court Complex here where he is on trial for the alleged sodomy of his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

Asked about his advice to opposition supporters, especially in Perak, he said he called on them to use their time to update their respective party machinery and explain current issues to the people.

In PENANG, the DAP expressed deep disappointment over the decision.

Its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the Federal Court decision was contrary to the basic democratic principle that a government must be elected by the people.

"Any government that does not derive any directly elected mandate, not only violates the democratic principle of the people's power but also questions the legitimacy of a people-centric government of the people, by the people and for the people," he said in a statement.

He said the party reiterated its call to dissolve the Perak State Assembly and return power to the people by holding fresh elections.