Pakatan forms shadow cabinet in Sarawak
By Joseph Tawie, Free Malaysia Today
KUCHING: Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat (PR) today announced members of its shadow cabinet who will keep close tabs on state ministers and their ministries.
Wong Ho Leng, who has been named the Opposition Leader, said that those assigned to the various portfolios would have to come up with regular reports on their portfolios.
“This will enable us to know the overall performances of the state government,” he told reporters after meeting PRK leaders.
“Apart from being assigned to the respective portfolio, the shadow cabinet members are expected to come up with alternative and constructive proposals to government policies or suggestions.
“The shadow member responsible (for a particular portfolio) will have to come with alternative and constructive proposals. DAP, PKR and PAS will never come up with proposals that are destructive,” he said, pointing out that the shadow cabinet became effective today.
Wong, who is the Bukit Assek rep and state DAP chief, said that they will be actively taking part in the debates and will study all the proposals by the state government in this coming state assembly sitting.
“They will have to tackle and handle matters concerning their portfolios immediately,” he said, believing that the shadow cabinet will be effective in keeping tabs of the performances of the ministers and their ministries.
‘We don’t want state ministers to answer our questions ‘cincai-cincai’ and without knowing their ministries well,” he said.
The list of portfolios is as follows:
