MalayMail-Mar 10

Communications and Multimedia minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has downplayed the dominance of Malay ministers and deputies in the Perikatan Nasional government and suggested instead that it can still be an inclusive one. In an interview with state broadcaster RTM, Saifuddin said a government in Malaysia has no choice but to appeal to the plural society, pointing out also that the Cabinet now has better representation of East Malaysians than Pakatan Harapan. “I admit the numbers are different now and the non-Malay and non-Bumiputra numbers are smaller, but that does not mean we are a Malay-Islam government,” he said in the Bicara Naratifprogramme.

Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/03/10/saifuddin-admits-new-govt-dominated-by-malays-but-says-nothing-stopping-it/1845219