BEST FBKL - It has been quite fun to speculate on the Cabinet unconfirmed and unverified Viral List, the list itself seems to be taking shape with admissions from those on the list that they have had calls from the Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir to be a Minister or Deputy Minister.
Pakatan MPs confirm Cabinet posts=
Wednesday, 27 Jun 2018
Dr Jayakumar: He was offered the Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister post.
Reports by MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR, MARTIN CARVALHO,LOSHANA K.SHAGAR and ROYCE TAN
KUALA LUMPUR: Several Pakatan Harapan lawmakers have confirmed they will be part of the new government after receiving phone calls from Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
While others named in a viral list featuring 28 Cabinet ministers (including the 13 already announced) and 24 deputy ministers remained tight-lipped over their supposed appointments, Kulim-Bandar Baharu MP Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh, Hang Tuah Jaya MP Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin and Kuala Langat MP Dr Xavier Jayakumar confirmed they got the call.
Saifuddin confirmed he was offered the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism portfolio.
“I thanked him and asked for his guidance in heading such a big ministry,” he said yesterday.
Fuziah said she received a call from Dr Mahathir offering her to be the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of religion.
image: https://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/online/2018/06/26/19/12/main_ha_2706_p2b_hazlin_2-15069659.ashx?h=226&w=200&la=en
Shamsul: He was offered the post of Deputy Primary Industries Minister.
“I had thought I was not suited for the post but decided to accept it after consulting my party president,” the PKR lawmaker said when met after a briefing for MPs at Parliament yesterday.
The appointment, she said, was an opportunity for her to empower women in Islam, including within institutions like the Syariah Court.
Asked on the veracity of the “leaked” list on social media, Fuziah said it likely contained the names submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V for approval last week.
PKR’s Shamsul Iskandar, too, got a call.
image: https://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/online/2018/06/26/19/12/main_ha_2706_p2b_hazlin_1-15069657.ashx?h=267&w=200&la=en
Saifuddin: He was offered the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism portfolio.
“Dr Mahathir called me on the fourth day of Hari Raya and offered me the post of Deputy Primary Industries Minister,” he said.
Although yet to be made official, he said Dr Mahathir had given him some tips on how to run the ministry, particularly in following up discussions with Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman Jack Ma, who met the Prime Minister here on June 18.
Dr Jayakumar, a PKR vice-president, also confirmed that he had received a call from Dr Mahathir last week. He is slated to be the Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister, based on the list.
Pokok Sena MP Datuk Mahfuz Omar, when pressed on the matter, merely smiled and said he was in regular contact with the Prime Minister.
The Parti Amanah Negara lawmaker is said to be the next Deputy Human Resources Minister.
Selangau MP and Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian was also coy about his supposed appointment as Public Works Minister, but said it would be an apt post as it would mean better infrastructure development in Sabah and Sarawak.
image: https://www.thestar.com.my/~/media/online/2018/06/26/19/12/main_ha_2706_p2_hazlin_2-15069656.ashx?h=262&w=200&la=en
Fuziah: She got the post of Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of religion.
Penampang MP and Parti Warisan Sabah deputy president Darell Leiking, who was named International Trade and Industry Minister (Miti), said if the list was true, “it is something good for Sabah and the Federation, and the first time a Sabahan is appointed Miti Minister”.
Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh of DAP, when contacted, said that with or without a position, she would do her best to help rebuild Malaysia.
She is tipped to be the Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the list that was leaked could be authentic but insisted nothing was confirmed until the official announcement.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, when asked, simply said to wait for the swearing-in ceremony.
Dr Mahathir confirmed on Monday that the full Cabinet line-up has been finalised but any announcement will be forthcoming during the swearing-in.
So far, 13 MPs have been appointed to his Cabinet.
The Prime Minister has said he aims to have no more than 30 members in the Cabinet. The previous administration had 35.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/27/pakatan-mps-confirm-cabinet-posts-four-called-on-by-dr-m-to-take-up-portfolios-while-others-still-mu/#XFDloXAYcfJbbf8Z.99
THE VIRAL LIST ON SUN DAILY:
LIST ON MALAYSIA INSIGHT:
A LIST of 28 ministers and 24 deputy ministers for the Mahathir government has been confirmed as true, with Sabah and Sarawak politicians heading several key posts.
Among the notable appointments are Darell Leiking as international trade and industry minister, Saifuddin Abdullah as foreign minister, Khalid Samad as federal territories minister, Mujahid Yusof as Islamic affairs minister, Teresa Kok as primary industries minister and Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman as the youth and sports minister.
Many of them are now at a Parliament briefing for new MPs, and have stopped short of confirming the list, although Amanah’s Khalid said he had been informed. His party is among the four component parties of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) that won the May 9 polls.
“Yes I did get a call, but it is still subject to change,” he said, smiling while declining to confirm his position.
A highly placed source said the list, now going viral, is final, and the new ministers will join their fellow PH colleagues in taking their oath of office on July 2.
The names on the cabinet tally with a list published by The Malaysian Insight on June 13, but the ministers’ portfolios have been changed since then due to party requests.
However, Hindraf will not sit in the cabinet as earlier speculated.
DAP’s Yeo Bee Yin is the new energy, technology, and environment minister.
The other PKR representatives in the cabinet include its Sarawak chief, Baru Bian, as Works Minister; vice-president Xavier Jayakumar (Water, Land, and Natural Resources); secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution (Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs);
PH’s Sabah ally, Parti Warisan Sabah, will also be represented by its Batu Sapi MP, V.K. Liew (Law) and Silam MP Mohamaddin Ketapi (Tourism), apart from Darell in the International Trade and Industry Ministry.
Bersatu’s Alor Gajah MP Mohd Redzuan Yusof will helm the revived Public Enterprises ministry.
DEPUTY MINISTERS
The 24 deputy ministers who have been picked for the various ministries, including one senator, are as follows:
Amiruddin Hamzah, a Bersatu MP from Kedah, is deputy finance minister.
Other Bersatu deputy ministers are Tanjung Piai MP Md Farid Md Rafik (Prime Minister’s Department, national unity and social wellbeing), Kuala Pilah MP Eddin Syazlee Shith (communications and multimedia), and Sri Gading MP Shahruddin Md Salleh (federal territories).
Azis Jamman, a Sabah Warisan MP, is deputy home minister. His party colleague Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis gets the energy, technology, science, climate change, and environment deputy minister post.
DAP Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh is deputy minister of the Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry, while her party colleague Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching will be deputy education minister.
The party’s Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming is set to be deputy minister for international trade and industries, while his colleague, Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen, will take on the role of deputy domestic trade and consumers affairs minister.
Other DAP deputy ministers are Raub MP Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji (water, land and natural resources) and Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim Chee Keong (youth and sports).
From Amanah, the deputy ministers are Lumut MP Mohd Hatta Ramli (public enterprises), Temerloh MP Annuar Tahir (works), Pokok Sena Mahfuz Omar (human resource), Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (Prime Minister’s Department, law), and Senator Ahmad Termizi Ramli (housing and local government).
From PKR, the deputy ministers are Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chye (health), Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh (Prime Minister’s Department, Islamic affairs), Sim Tze Tzin (agriculture), Bandar Tun Razak MP Kamaruddin Jaffar (transport), Hang Tuah Jaya MP Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (primary industries), Sungai Buloh MP R. Sivarasa (rural and community development), and Balik Pulau MP Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (tourism, arts and culture).
MPs coy about full ‘Cabinet’ list
PETALING JAYA: Several Members of Parliament whose names appear in the full “Cabinet” list that has gone viral are being coy as to the authenticity of the document.
Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, who was named Primary Industries Minister, said she was only aware of the list from social media.
When asked if the list was authentic, the DAP deputy secretary-general said that she could not confirm it.
“I can’t make a statement as no official announcements have been made on the list,” she said when met at a briefing for parliamentarians in Parliament on Tuesday (June 26).
An earlier Cabinet list that made its rounds on social earlier this month, had named Kok as Federal Territories Minister, which she had denied, saying it was fake.
However, she had expressed interest in a Cabinet post but left it to her party to decide on her appointment.
Another lawmaker mentioned in the list is Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Pribumi) Youth chief Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman who was named Youth and Sports Minister.
He said he was unable to comment on the list, saying “it was difficult for me to say anything”.
Pribumi secretary-general Annuar Tahir, who is Temerloh MP, also refused to confirm the list but said that those listed may have received a call from the Prime Minister.
“I had been named for several posts before this so I can’t confirm if the list is true or not,” he said when asked if he was aware that he was named as Public Works Deputy Minister.
Darell Leikeng, who was named as International Trade and Industry Minister, could not confirm the list as well.
“It is difficult for me to say anything but if the list is true, it is something good for Sabah and the Federation,” he said, adding that his appointment would be a first for Sabahan.
Seremban MP Anthony Loke, who was appointed Transport Minister on May 21, viewed the list as authentic and said that it may have been leaked.
Loke, however, said nothing is official until it is announced by the Prime Minister.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said to wait for the swearing-in ceremony.
“I have not looked at it properly, so I cannot say if it it’s authentic. The King has already issued a statement that the swearing-in is on Monday (July 2), so you will have to wait and see,” she said.
So far, 12 ministers have been named and 13 ministerial portfolios filled, with Dr Wan Azizah helming the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry as well. – ANN
THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT / ANN
