Hamzah or Azmin to be made deputy PM next week?
Hamzah Zainudin (left) and Azmin Ali are said to be the frontrunners for the deputy prime minister’s post expected to be announced on Wednesday next week.
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is expected to appoint a deputy prime minister in a Cabinet reshuffle next week, according to a report.
Utusan Malaysia said the deputy prime minister was expected to come from Bersatu, with Hamzah Zainudin and Azmin Ali among the candidates.
Quoting sources, it reported that the reshuffle might affect two Bersatu ministers – women, family and community development minister Rina Harun and youth and sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu.
The daily reported that the reshuffle was still being negotiated to determine who would be kept or dropped, with an announcement expected next Wednesday after the weekly Cabinet meeting.
Ismail is also said to have met Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday to discuss the matter, “particularly over the ministers and deputies from Bersatu”.
While both Azmin and Hamzah were being considered to be Ismail’s deputy, the source said Muhyiddin was more inclined towards Azmin.
“If the post of deputy prime minister is given to Bersatu, Faizal will be dropped,” the source was quoted as saying.
Azmin is the senior minister for international trade and industry and Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) election director, while Hamzah is the home minister and PN secretary-general.
Rina and Faizal, the Bersatu deputy president, had come under heavy criticism from netizens recently after they stirred controversy amid the floods that happened in the peninsula last month.
Rina drew flak for using a water jet to wash an apparently clean patch of pavement while surrounded by cameramen, while Faizal was slammed for holding a ceremony to launch the ministry’s flood volunteer squad while thousands of victims were stranded waiting for help.
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is expected to appoint a deputy prime minister in a Cabinet reshuffle next week, according to a report.
Utusan Malaysia said the deputy prime minister was expected to come from Bersatu, with Hamzah Zainudin and Azmin Ali among the candidates.
Quoting sources, it reported that the reshuffle might affect two Bersatu ministers – women, family and community development minister Rina Harun and youth and sports minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu.
The daily reported that the reshuffle was still being negotiated to determine who would be kept or dropped, with an announcement expected next Wednesday after the weekly Cabinet meeting.
Ismail is also said to have met Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday to discuss the matter, “particularly over the ministers and deputies from Bersatu”.
While both Azmin and Hamzah were being considered to be Ismail’s deputy, the source said Muhyiddin was more inclined towards Azmin.
“If the post of deputy prime minister is given to Bersatu, Faizal will be dropped,” the source was quoted as saying.
Azmin is the senior minister for international trade and industry and Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) election director, while Hamzah is the home minister and PN secretary-general.
Rina and Faizal, the Bersatu deputy president, had come under heavy criticism from netizens recently after they stirred controversy amid the floods that happened in the peninsula last month.
Rina drew flak for using a water jet to wash an apparently clean patch of pavement while surrounded by cameramen, while Faizal was slammed for holding a ceremony to launch the ministry’s flood volunteer squad while thousands of victims were stranded waiting for help.
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