Islamic party has three ministerial posts after almost 43 years in opposition, and MCA makes a comeback after two general election failures. FMTNews Pas MCA
PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man is environment minister while MCA president Wee Ka Siong is transport minister
KUALA LUMPUR: The Islamic party PAS took up a role in federal power today after almost 43 years in opposition, while the Chinese-based MCA made a comeback after suffering devastating defeats in two general elections. The two parties took up important portfolios in the multi-ethnic Cabinet announced today by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.Deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man was appointed environment minister, secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan becomes minister in the Prime Minister’s Department with responsibility for Parliament and law; and central committee member Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali becomes minister of plantation industries and commodities.
MCA president Wee Ka Siong, who is MP for Ayer Hitam, was appointed Transport Minister, with MCA’s other MP, Wee Jeck Seng of Tanjung Piai, appointed as a deputy minister. The last time PAS was represented in the Federal Cabinet was from January 1973 to November 1977 when the PAS president, then Mohd Asri Muda, was Land and Rural Development Minister.The current federal government under the leadership of Muhyiddin is made up of PPBM, BN, Gabungan Parti Sarawak and PAS.
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