Muhyiddin scorns Anwar for naming ‘kleptocrats’ to cabinet

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This is a unity govt, not PH, Fahmi reminds Muhyiddin

PETALING JAYA: Freshly minted digital communications minister Fahmi Fadzil has hit back at opposition leader Muhyiddin Yassin for accusing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of appointing alleged “kleptocrats” into the Cabinet.

Muhyiddin was referring to the appointment of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as deputy prime minister despite the Umno president facing 47 counts of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering charges. Zahid also holds the rural and regional development portfolio.

Fahmi said the Bersatu president had forgotten that this was not a Pakatan Harapan government, which would allow the prime minister to appoint whoever he pleased.

“This is a unity government, where policies and important decisions are made together, including the appointment of Cabinet members,” he said in a Facebook post.

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