Forming cabinet and shadow cabinet - a wretched Malaysian problem
Ong Kian Ming wrote A calculated risk to exclude Khairy in Malaysiakini, obviously referring to the new Malaysian cabinet.Ong reckons Khairy would have been useful to Najib in winning and attracting younger Malaysians to the fold of the BN, and no doubt Pakatan Rakyat must be pleased to see Khairy marginalised and insulted to an extent the UMNO Youth boss would lack the incentive to support Najib’s premiership.
Najib’s detractors, apart from accusing him of being Altantuyaa’s murderer minus any evidence save that already cut & pasted in their minds, have been sneering at him for being Dr Mahathir’s puppet ….. coz for some startling reasons known only to himself (we can only speculate,
and Malaysians are damn good at this sport), he has ignored the UMNO Youth chief whilst appointing the UMNO Youth No 2 into the new cabinet.
Pakatan Rakyat’s massive wins in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau
are a clear referendum on the Umno-led Barisan Nasional government’s divisive politics and its new prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
They also said it was proof that the opposition has delivered its campaign promises and a major political paradigm shift with the people strong in their support for the electoral pact since Election 2008.
“The by-election was a referendum on him. Their entire line of campaigning was that this new leader must be given a chance,” opposition de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang
regarded the Pakatan Rakyat’s success in retaining the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat, and also that of the Bukit Selambau state seat, in yesterday’s by-elections as a second political tsunami to occur within 13 months.
The results indicated that the people rejected the appointment of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as the sixth prime minister and Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir as Perak Menteri Besar, he added.
Opposition’s proposed shadow Cabinet does not worry us, says Muhyiddin
ALOR SETAR: Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s decision to form a shadow Cabinet shows that the PKR de facto leader plans to topple the government, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
“We are not worried because we are here to serve the people,” he said, adding that it was the second time Anwar has planned to form a shadow Cabinet.
HAS DATUK SERI MOHD NAJIB TUN RAZAK,
as our sixth Prime Minister, done the right thing with the Cabinet appointments he announced yesterday?
Najib's list offers an interesting combination of experience and youth, with enough steady hands and minds to guide the nation through the difficult period we are now in. Let's take a quick look at who's doing what and where.
As expected, Muhyiddin Yassin is now DPM, with the Education Ministry as his Cabinet base. I'm still getting calls and text messages as to why the Pagoh MP, who won a straight-fight for the deputy Umno president, is made Education Minister.
