Thursday, April 9, 2009

New Cabinet, New Slogan, New Malaysia?

Well, the new cabinet list came out. As expected, Najib has shrunk the cabinet size to 25 ministries and 28 ministers. And adopted quite a nice slogan, "One Malaysia. People First. Performance Now". However, a few people were notably missing from the cabinet, especially UMNO Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin. After all, isn't usual to see an UMNO Youth Chief to get a share of the cabinet. Maybe he was not in cause of experience issues or something else whichever you all can speculate.

Another one missing is obviously our great comback leader Chua Soi Lek, who after resigning all his post due to that scandal made a comeback during the last MCA elections. Maybe that scandal still linger in the minds of many and a risk might not be taken to reinstate him back into the cabinet.

Nevertherless a few new faces has appeared in the cabinet line up, notable Koh Tsu Koon. I believe he might be able to pull good jobs in the prime minister's department. Muhkriz has been appointed as deputy minister in the International Trade and Industry ministry, maybe it's a stepping stone for him to follow his father's footsteps? Who knows?

Let's just say that the new cabinet looks nice. Now we just have to wait and see the performance. It's going to start all over again from square 1, especially with the reason by-elections that still shows our citizens do not forget very easily. Good luck to Najib and his ministers!

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