Balancing act: can Anwar pick a cabinet that appeases all quarters?

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KUALA LUMPUR – After being sworn in as the country’s 10th prime minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s first major challenge looms before him as expectations mount on the nature and composition of his cabinet.

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman will have to juggle between the demands of the components in the unity government for candidates of their choice to be picked, and the expectations of the public and civil society groups that only clean individuals of calibre and competence be appointed.

Already, speculation has been rife that Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is seeking a senior ministerial position, supposedly as part of a larger strategy to fortify his position in Umno ahead of an impending internal election latest by May next year.

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