{"id":15695,"date":"2022-12-03T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15695"},"modified":"2022-12-03T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:24:51","slug":"most-disappointing-cabinet-ever-muhyiddin-hits-out-at-anwars-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15695","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Most disappointing Cabinet ever\u2019, Muhyiddin hits out at Anwar\u2019s line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 3<\/strong> — Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin today lashed out at the Cabinet line-up announced by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday evening, zooming in on the decision to name Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as one of two deputy prime ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin said that by appointing kleptocrats as Cabinet members, Anwar has ceded the principles of good governance which he promoted during the general election (GE15) campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the most disappointing Cabinet line-up that the country has ever seen, with someone who has been called to enter his defence against 47 charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering appointed as deputy prime minister,\u201d<\/em> he said, accusing Anwar of \u201cmortgaging\u201d the principles of good governance touted during the election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cAnwar appears to have sold the country\u2019s honour simply in order to become prime minister,\u201d<\/em> said Muhyiddin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Cabinet of kleptocrats formed on the basis of fraud towards the people\u2019s mandate has no legitimacy to function as the highest executive body of the country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pagoh MP also took aim at Anwar\u2019s decision to take on the finance portfolio in addition to the prime minister\u2019s post, calling it a practice that had led to the centralisation of power and large-scale embezzlement, as had occurred in the 1MDB scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He likewise hit out at the appointment of MPs whom he described as \u201cextreme chauvanists\u201d, saying it would lead to controversy and the introduction of \u201cextreme racist policies\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis reform agenda rings hollow when he could not even stand up in defence of his own party’s struggle to fight against corruption and promote good governance,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis worth as a true leader worthy of respect and dignity is now highly questionable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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