PKR not proposing new names for Cabinet, says Anwar

PKR not proposing new names for Cabinet, says Anwar

He says the prime minister will decide if there is to be a reshuffle.

Anwar Ibrahim says he has not been informed on the need to submit any new names from PKR. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
PKR will not be submitting any new names to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the event of a Cabinet reshuffle.

Its incoming president, Anwar Ibrahim, said it was up to Mahathir to decide on the matter.

He said he had also not been informed on the need to submit any new names from PKR.

“I am just an MP. On the Cabinet reshuffle, you should ask the prime minister.

“No one in PKR has alerted me on the need for a change or to submit new names. So far as it stands, there is no change,” he said when met at the Parliament lobby here today.

Of late, speculation has been rife that there would be a Cabinet reshuffle, following criticism against the performance of a number of ministers and following the results of the PKR elections.

Yesterday, Mahathir, who is in Singapore attending the 33rd Asean Summit and related meetings, was reported as saying that he was open to a Cabinet reshuffle. He did not dismiss its possibility if PKR proposed any new names.

Earlier, Finance Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said a Cabinet reshuffle would be a decision left to the prime minister and DAP, as a Pakatan Harapan component party, would not be submitting any new names.

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