{"id":15692,"date":"2022-12-03T15:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15692"},"modified":"2022-12-03T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:16:53","slug":"saifuddin-nasution-zambry-tengku-zafrul-mohd-naim-take-oath-as-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15692","title":{"rendered":"Saifuddin Nasution, Zambry, Tengku Zafrul, Mohd Na’im take oath as senators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3<\/strong> — Four\u00a0people\u00a0were sworn in as senators today following their appointments as ministers in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government\u00a0Cabinet yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They took their oath of office before Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim at Parliament House at 8.30 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are\u00a0Pakatan Harapan (PH) secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail who has been appointed\u00a0as Minister of Home Affairs\u00a0and former finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz who has been\u00a0made\u00a0Minister of International Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are\u00a0Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir who has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs and\u00a0Chief Syarie Judge\u00a0Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar who has been appointed as Minister of Religious Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Saifuddin Nasution, Zambry and Mohd Na’im were sworn in as senators for their first term while Tengku Zafrul was reappointed upon the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his speech at the ceremony, Rais had called on all senators to re-examine the list of collective tasks for their respective Key Performance Indicators beginning 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Let’s reinvigorate the proposed parliamentary institutional reform\u00a0to fulfill the responsibilities that have been entrusted to us,”<\/em> said Rais, who\u00a0congratulated the senators for their appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also congratulated Anwar on his appointment as the 10th Prime Minister on Nov 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hopefully Malaysia will continue to move forward\u00a0under the administration of Datuk Seri Anwar,” <\/em>he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rais also conveyed his appreciation to former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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