CABINET LINE-UP A DELICATE BALANCING ACT
In the brief time period, one of many greatest challenges confronted by Mr Anwar was the formation of his Cabinet as he wished a leaner staff in comparison with earlier administrations.
On Friday night time, he unveiled his Cabinet line-up, appointing Ahmad Zahid and GPS’ Mr Fadillah Yusof as his deputies.
Mr Anwar will even function the finance minister, whereas Mr Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz will function the commerce minister.
The defence and economic system portfolios might be held by Mr Mohamad Hasan and Mr Rafizi Ramli respectively.
Mr Loke would be the transport minister whereas Mr Mohamad Sabu will function the agriculture minister.
The new line-up includes 28 ministers, which is leaner than the latest Cabinet groups helmed by Mr Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Mr Muhyiddin. The listing of deputy ministers has but to be introduced.
Under the Ismail Sabri administration, there have been 31 ministers and 38 deputies. Mr Muhyiddin, in the meantime, had a Cabinet of 32 ministers and 38 deputies.
The new Cabinet might be sworn in on Saturday at 3pm.
Prof Chin of the University of Tasmania, informed CNA that Mr Anwar had “little choice” however to select Ahmad Zahid as deputy prime minister despite his excellent graft prices. This is as a result of the prime minister wanted to strengthen Ahmad Zahid’s place inside UMNO, he mentioned.
Prof Chin famous that there’s a faction inside UMNO led by Mr Ismail Sabri and former defence minister Hishammudddin Hussein who disagreed with the pact with PH.
“Everyone knows that it was (Ahmad) Zahid who played an instrumental role in pressuring BN to work alongside PH in the formation of the government. (Ahmad) Zahid is also president of UMNO, so if they are to be given a DPM post, it would make the most sense to give it to him,” he added.
He opined that it was a shrewd transfer for Mr Anwar to choose towards giving DAP a high-profile Cabinet put up reminiscent of finance, defence or schooling.
Mr Loke will as soon as once more function transport minister, a put up he held in the course of the earlier PH administration from 2018 to 2022.
Meanwhile, former deputy speaker Mr Nga Kor Ming has been appointed housing and native government minister, whereas Ms Hannah Yeoh would be the youth and sports activities minister.
“That’s a smart move because it’s much harder for the Malay-centric parties in the opposition to accuse this government of being too accommodating towards DAP,” he added. DAP is a Chinese-dominated social gathering.
Independent political analyst Dr Zaharuddin Sani Sabri felt that it was dangerous for Mr Anwar to carry the finance portfolio.
“If we look into the history of 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad), the misuse of power led to the huge corruption scandal,” mentioned the previous deputy director normal of the government’s Special Affairs Department.
He added that the appointments of the ministers from BN mirrored an effort to strengthen Ahmad Zahid’s energy inside UMNO.
“It is an indicator of how the UMNO elections might be and Ahmad Zahid will ensure that his place is safe. The UMNO election is in six months and he might want to strengthen himself.
“This also ensures stability in BN so that no one will go against Anwar during the confidence vote (in parliament) on Dec 19.”
Dr Zaharuddin, nevertheless, mentioned {that a} massive take a look at of Mr Anwar’s unity government would be the spate of state elections that are prone to be held subsequent 12 months.
While Pahang, Perak and Perlis held their elections concurrently with the federal elections, the state legislatures of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu should dissolve subsequent 12 months.
“I don’t believe that the PH and BN will work together because their ideologies are quite different,” mentioned Dr Zaharuddin.
“You can see that it’s going to be quite difficult for them not to compete against one another in the coming elections unless they can come up with a memorandum of understanding,” he added.
With all eyes on how Mr Anwar’s government will get right down to tackling challenges on the bottom, a gentle and steady government would go a good distance in avoiding one other drawn-out political drama that leaves Malaysians in suspense.
IN FOCUS: As dust settles over Malaysia’s political uncertainty, can Anwar’s new government bring stability?
IN FOCUS: As dust settles over Malaysia’s political uncertainty, can Anwar’s new government bring stability?
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IN FOCUS: As dust settles over Malaysia’s political uncertainty, can Anwar’s new government bring stability?