Ku Li: By-elections defeat a disgrace
Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has given the new cabinet line-up six months to prove themselves to see whether they are ‘performance-oriented’ or not.
Denying that he had described the cabinet as ‘neat’ in a Bernama report yesterday, the Gua Musang MP clarified that “he never hailed the new cabinet as neat and capable”.
“After all, it has yet to be seen. They said it is going to be performance-oriented, that’s good. But let’s see after six months whether the ministers have performed. It’s not fair to judge them after a day or two,” he told a media conference at his residence this afternoon.
Besides, Tengku Razaleigh added that the people could only “evaluate after they have been given the chance to perform”.
“(It’s) not fair for me to comment at this stage, let’s just wait until they have gone to their offices,” he said, adding that some of the cabinet members “have been rejected in the general election but have been brought back”.
“Some of my friends said that they are recycled members of the cabinet. I don’t know about that, but they are not new to the scene,” he said.
The Kelantan prince has been a critic of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. Today, his message to Najib is that “reforms” must be undertaken by the government immediately in order to regain the people’s confidence.
