No need for Cabinet reshuffle, better to hold GE, says Zahid

 

MELAKA: A fresh mandate from Malaysian voters will be preferable to a Cabinet reshuffle, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Deputy Prime Minister said he saw no immediate need for a reshuffle.

“It would be better to dissolve Parliament. We can then return the mandate to the people and form a new government after that,” he told reporters after meeting Kemas staff in Tanjung Kling here on Tuesday (Nov 10).

Responding to questions about a possible reshuffle, Ahmad Zahid also alluded to a minister who might step down once former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak began serving the rest of his sentence under house arrest. He did not name the minister.

In a separate development on Tuesday, Anthony Loke resigned as Transport Minister with immediate effect after the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Najib could serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

Loke said in a statement that his decision was consistent with the position he had set out on Nov 6.

He had submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Sept 28.

Earlier on Tuesday, Anwar said it was too early to consider a Cabinet reshuffle aftwr Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan’s term as a senator is due to end on Dec 11. - Star