KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin vows to appoint members of cabinet who have integrity and clean track record. Muhyiddin, who was sworn in as the 8th Prime Minister on Sunday, said he is well aware that people wants a clean government. A government that has integrity. In his maiden address to the nation, titled “An Appeal …

KUCHING – Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will let chairperson and Sarawak Chief Minister, Abang Johari Openg to decide if the party should accept Cabinet post appointments in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) federal government. “Getting appointed in Cabinet is secondary. The country comes first,” The Chief Minister said in an interview. Abang Johari said Gabungan Parti Sarawak played a key role …

KUALA LUMPUR – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad blames Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the downfall of the Pakatan Harapan government. Speaking to Bersatu members in a closed-door meeting on Sunday, Dr. Mahathir said the “real” crisis happened when Muhyiddin wanted to leverage Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s desire to be prime minister and took the party …

PUTRAJAYA – Should the Parliament gets dissolved in the stir of current political restructuring, the Election Commission (EC) is prepared to conduct an early general election. Chairman Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun states that Article 55(4) of the Federal Constitution stipulates that general elections must be held within 60 days of the dissolution of Parliament by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Approximately, …

A group of Democrat Party MPs targeting Deputy Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow, who won the fewest votes in Friday’s no-confidence vote, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha must work on improving the government’s image. Gen Prayut and five other cabinet ministers survived the no-confidence vote, though two were not grilled during the four-day debate. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon walked away …

PUTRAJAYA – Prime Minister’s wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali stopped by and distributed chocolates to journalist waiting outside Perdana Putra today. On her way to the Prime Minister’s Office at around 10am, she stopped by at the entrance to greet about 30 media personnel waiting there. Siti Hasmah handed out buckets of chocolates as she passed by a …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said on Thursday he understood why students were rallying following the disbanding of the Future Forward Party, and asked they listen to both sides of the story. Responding to questions about the gatherings of high school and university students, Gen Prayut said he sympathised with them. They were the new generation and had his moral support. …

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha faces the prospect of being taken to the Constitutional Court over his allegedly unlawful occupation of an army residence. Prasert Chanthararuangthong, a Nakhon Ratchasima MP for the main opposition Pheu Thai Party, told parliament during Wednesday’s censure debate that Gen Prayut’s tenancy of the army house constituted a conflict of interest. The MP said Gen Prayut, …

PETALING JAYA – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced on wednesday the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) coalition nominated him to be candidate for prime minister. Anwar confirmed that the decision was made by the Pakatan presidential council on Tuesday. People’s Justice Party (PKR) members also backs him as the country’s next leader. “They (presidential council) had invited Tun Dr Mahathir …

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad resigned as prime minister on Monday, but was eventually appointed by the king as an interim prime minster until a new one is decided. According to interim premier’s media adviser Kadir Jasin, Dr Mahathir appealed to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) leadership council not to force him to renounce his principles and promise of power transition …