Azmin as DPM? He’d flounder in Parliament: Shahrir

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KUALA LUMPUR – Size matters, said Umno veteran Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad, when it comes to restoring Parliament’s rightful role, while Bersatu’s Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali is not the deputy one needs as a Dewan Rakyat strategist.

Shahrir, in a Facebook post today, laid out his reasons, and among them is that a deputy prime minister is typically the government whip responsible for managing strategies in the Lower House by wrangling the bloc’s frontbenchers and backbenchers.

“This is why, in picking a deputy prime minister, his role in the Dewan Rakyat must be taken into account.

“A parliamentarian like Azmin is incapable of this role because of the opposition’s anger towards him. He is seen as a ‘political criminal’ by both sides of the aisle and cannot be DPM, even if Tan Sri Muhyiddin (Yassin) was still PM.


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