Stop debate on name of govt, focus on helping people - Annuar Musa

 

All parties should stop carrying on the debate over the name of the new federal government led by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa.

He said the focus now should be on helping the people and creating political stability so that the government's agendas such as the National Recovery Plan could continue.

He said all parties need to understand that the government formed now is based on the consensus of MPs who do not want political uncertainties that existed before this to drag on to the point of affecting the people’s lives.

“If we let the nation be trapped in political uncertainties, long-drawn-out politics and uncertainties within the government, the people will lose.

“And that is why I say the best way is not to dwell on the issue (labelling the new government), (now) we focus on the people,” the Ketereh MP said when asked on comments by several political leaders from Bersatu and Umno who have differing views on how the new government should be called.

The Muhyiddin Yassin administration was known as a Perikatan Nasional one, but Umno leaders have expressed the wish to discontinue that term.

Annuar was speaking to reporters at the Malam Kasih Merdeka programme in Kuala Lumpur last night organised by Rumah Prihatin@Hotel Grand Seasons in conjunction with the 64th Merdeka Day. Also present was Federal Territories Minister Shahidan Kassim.

- Bernama