Is this the PR Cabinet lineup? NO, it's just BN's "evil political slander” - Guan Eng

Pakatan Rakyat leaders condemned Umno-owned newspaper Utusan for once again front-paging false news - this type about its purported shadow Cabinet.

“This is not from Pakatan. We do not have such a line-up. We are not crazy for positions,” Lim Guan Eng, the DAP sec-gen and Penang Chief Minister, told a press conference this morning.

Guan Eng, who was listed as being slated to fill the Deputy Prime Minister II post, slammed the Utusan report as being more of the “BN-Umno’s evil political slander”.

“How can they accept a slander by an Umno blogger to be a source from Pakatan? He seems to produce, act in and watch his own movies," he added.

PKR MP for Gopeng Lee Boon Chye, who was tagged to be the Health Minister, also rubbished the report.

"Don't be silly. Who gets what post will be decided after the 13th general election. How can we whip up something like this now," Boon Chye told Malaysia Chronicle.

Source for Utusan's report was an Umno blogger!

Utusan had indeed picked up the 'news' from Umno blogger Papa Gomo, who has been caught many times fabricating news including accusing the DAP of trying to instal a Christian Prime Minister as well as accusing Guan Eng's 16-year-old son of molesting a schoolmate.

Both reports have turned to be untrue. Until now, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has refused to reveal the outcome of the investigation into the alleged Christian Prime Minister posting. As for the molest victim, the Umno blogger had used a picture of UK chess champion Anya Corke, alleging that she was the 'school-mate victim' of Guan Eng's son. Needless to say, Anya who has never met Guan Eng's son threatened to sue.

Nonetheless, despite the blog postings plunging Malaysia into infamy and depicting Umno as a religious bigot unable to tolerate other faiths and racial groups, Prime Minister Najib Razak's party has refused to take action.

Cabinet lineup

The latest outrage is the alleged Pakatan Cabinet line-up. From the positions given to certain key leaders, Pakatan insiders say it is obviously false. Another giveaway was the three 'big names' that were left out - Karpal Singh and Lim Kit Siang from DAP and Mohamad Sabu from PAS.

In the Pakatan lineup, the Prime Minister was Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. Three Deputy Prime Ministers were also named - one from DAP, PAS and the third from East Malaysia.

Finance Minister I would be DAP's Tony Pua, while Finance Minister II would PKR's Rafizi Ramli.

Home Minister would be PKR's Azmin Ali, while PAS Dzulkefly Ahmad would be the Energy, Technology & Green Minister.

Below is the Pakatan Cabinet 'lineup' as envisaged by Papa Gomo

Senarai Kabinet Bayangan Pakatan Rakyat

Perdana Menteri: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR)

Timbalan Perdana Menteri I: Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (Pas)

Timbalan Perdana Menteri II: Lim Guan Eng (DAP)

Timbalan Perdana Menteri III: (Pemimpin dari Sabah dan Sarawak)

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri:

Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAP)

Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR)

Datuk Mustafa Ali (Pas)

Menteri Kewangan I: Tony Pua (DAP)

Menteri Kewangan II: Rafizi Ramli (PKR)

Menteri Pertahanan: Salahuddin Ayub (Pas)

Menteri Pelajaran: Datuk Seri Ir Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin (Pas)

Menteri Dalam Negeri: Azmin Ali (PKR)

Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan: Fuziah Salleh (PKR)

Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air: Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (Pas)

Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah: Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli (Pas)

Menteri Pengajian Tinggi: Chong Chieng Jen (DAP)

Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri: Datuk Husam Musa (Pas)

Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi: Dr Che Rosli Che Mat (Pas)

Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar: R Sivarasa (PKR)

Menteri Pengangkutan: Khalid Samad (Pas)

Menteri Pelancongan: Elizabeth Wong (PKR)

Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani: Tian Chua (PKR)

Menteri Kerja Raya: Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (Pas)

Menteri Kesihatan: Dr Lee Boon Chye (PKR)

Menteri Belia dan Sukan: Yusmadi Yusoff (PKR)

Menteri Sumber Manusia: Gobind Singh Deo (DAP)

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan: S Kulasegaran (DAP)

Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan: Anthony Loke (DAP)

Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat: Zuraida Kamarudin (PKR)

Menteri Luar Negeri: Datuk Saifuddin Nasution (PKR)

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan dan Kesejahteraan Bandar: Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR)

Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi: Teresa Kok (DAP)

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