PM vows a clean Cabinet, amid concerns of leaders facing graft charges returning
Monday, 02 Mar 2020 09:25 PM MYTA man watches a live telecast of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in Shah Alam on March 2, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has pledged today to appoint a Cabinet made of those who are clean, of integrity and with calibre, amid concerns that Barisan Nasional leaders facing graft charges will be included. The newly-appointed prime minister said he will focus on efforts to increase the integrity and good governance in Putrajaya.
“I am aware that what the people want is a government that is clean, with integrity and free of corruption,” he said in his first address to the nation following his swearing-in. “For a start, I promise to elect the members of Cabinet from those who are clean, with integrity and with calibre.”
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