Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Contrary to earlier threats that if no MIC/MCA/Gerakan candidates means the respective communities will be left out of development and their “voices won’t be heard”, PM today assured that all parties will have representatives in the Cabinet.
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite losing many leaders from Barisan Nasional component parties in the general election, the Prime Minister has given an assurance that these parties would still be represented in the Cabinet.
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi brushed aside concerns that he would have a tough time picking his new Cabinet.
“Why? Why should there be a problem? It is not like they (component parties) are without any assemblymen (and) parliamentarian,” he told reporters after chairing the Umno and Barisan supreme council meetings yesterday.
Abdullah emphasised that the Barisan government is for all Malaysians and would serve the interest of minority communities which do not have representation in the Cabinet.
“We are the government of Barisan Nasional. We speak for each other. We don’t say ‘I’m there, I only speak for the Malays, I don’t speak for anyone else’.
“I have said that I am the Prime Minister for all. I stand by that,” he said.
“voices won’t be heard” is an election threat , nothing else.
If BN were to practise that then BN will be the one becoming irrelavant .