This was taken from Malaysia Today...
(The Malaysian Insider) In a minor Cabinet reshuffle today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi named his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as finance minister.What's the matter Pak Lah... afraid of a coup d’état..?
Abdullah, who was the finance minister, will take over Najib's defence ministry portfolio. He said he may step down sooner than 2010.
The swap was announced after today's Cabinet meeting.
Najib has also been made deputy chairman of Khazanah Nasional.
Today's announcement comes amid widespread speculation over a transition plan hammered out between the country's top two leaders for Najib to take over power in 2010.
Said Abdullah today:' "The transition is flexible. It is up to me. It will be no later than 2010 but it may be sooner."
Abdullah added that he would also offer himself as a candidate to be Umno president while Najib would stand as deputy president at this year's Umno elections.
Najib, who was also at the press conference, said: "I would like to thank the prime minister for his confidence.
"Giving me this post shows he is magnanimous, it shows his sincerity in picking me as his successor."
Sources said Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz is also expected to be named de facto law minister to replace Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who quit this week over the Internal Security Act (ISA) arrests of DAP leader Teresa Kok and two others.
1 comment:
Coup d'etat it is...
It was all political strategy of Pak Dol to secure his position.
If Najib's still the Minister of Defence.. what will happen IF(?) "state of emergency" aka DARURAT is announce after the arrest of DSAI?
P/s: get rid of the word verification plz.. make it easier to comment.
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