1Malaysia cabinet chock-full of 1Senators........

Najib announced the appointment of 5 Senators and 2 Members of Parliament as Federal Deputy Ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle to be effective Friday.They are:
1. Senator Datuk Maglin Dennis D'Cruz as the Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture
2. Senator Datuk G. Palanivel as the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
3. Serian Member of Parliament Datuk Richard Riot as Deputy Foreign Minister
4. MP for Labis Chua Tee Yong as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry
5. Senator Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai as Deputy Finance Minister
6. Senator Gan Ping Shou as Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
7. Senator Heng Seai Kie (formerly deputy minister information, communications and culture) as Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Minister
8. Datuk Lee Chee Leong (formerly deputy minister foreign affairs) as the Deputy Minister for the Home Ministry
9. Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim (formerly deputy minister agriculture and agro-based Industry) as the Deputy Minister for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
10.Jelaing anak Mersat (formerly deputy minister home ministry) as the Deputy Minister for Transport -- theSun

Meanwhile, Pakatan Rakyat leaders slammed Prime Minister Najib Razak for "setting the dubious record" of leading a cabinet with the most unelected representatives. DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang challenged the Najib to compel the new senators-turned-deputy ministers to stand for elections to prove their level of support.

"Ask these new senators to stand for election so that they have the mandate of the people," he told reporters after the Pakatan Rakyat supreme council meeting in Petaling Jaya today.

"We will have more by-elections and it will be good for the people, as in Sibu where the (federal government) poured tens of millions of ringgit and the PM visited twice in 10 days," he said tongue-in-cheek.

He added that the 'mini-cabinet reshuffle' is turning the cabinet into the Dewan Negara, oft-criticised as irrelevant, and supports calls for parliamentary reforms. Lim also took a potshot at Palanivel, stating that he "was not fit to stand as a candidate in Hulu Selangor" but apparently fit to be part of the cabinet. With this, it is roughly a quarter of the deputy ministers posts are held by non-elected representatives.

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source:malaysiakini


Btw. With Ong Tee Keat gone, the PKFZ scandal is buried with his departure!!

Ayo...ayo KJ and Senator "kotak" Ezam, will be crying for 3 days and 3 nights.........

cheers.