TAIPING: Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir said today there will be no reshuffle of the state exco in the near future as they have only been appointed to their respective portfolios quite recently.
He also said that he had no plans to raise the number of the exco members from the present six to 10 which was the usual number for the state government previously.
His remarks today will be largely seen as an attempt to put a lid on speculations in the state that two Perak “frogs” who triggered the collapse of Perak Pakatan Rakyat government a year ago will be offered exco posts in the near future.
FMT reported last week, quoting Perak PKR liaison chief Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, that Changkat Jering assemblyman Osman Jailu and Behrang elected representative Jamaluddin Mat Radzi will be made exco members by Zambry in the coming days.
Mustaffa, who had heard it from reliable BN sources, had said that the exco offer was part of the deal to get the duo to defect from PKR.
Zambry's decision today not to expand his exco would mean that both Osman and Jamaluddin would have a wait longer to be made exco members, if these posts were in fact part of the deal for them to defect.
The BN menteri besar also said that the current line-up would be given ample time to prove their effectiveness in discharging their responsibilities.
"I've given them a specific time frame after which I will make my assessment. For the time being, I'm not making any evaluation although they will continue to be monitored based on their Key Performance Indicators (KPI)," he said.
Osman and Jamaluddin, together with DAP Jelapang assemblywoman Hee Yit Fong, turned ''BN-friendly” independents last year, leading to the dramatic ousting of a people-elected Pakatan government.
When contacted by FMT last week, Osman had laughed off the rumour of being made an exco member. Jamaluddin however was reticent and non-committal about the matter.
Perak PKR leaders however claimed that the two former PKR elected representatives will “collect their rewards” by being named to the state exco soon.
“Perhaps Zambry is worried of the timing in making them exco members now as their corruption trial is still ongoing,” said a PKR leader.
FMT
27/02/10
He also said that he had no plans to raise the number of the exco members from the present six to 10 which was the usual number for the state government previously.
His remarks today will be largely seen as an attempt to put a lid on speculations in the state that two Perak “frogs” who triggered the collapse of Perak Pakatan Rakyat government a year ago will be offered exco posts in the near future.
FMT reported last week, quoting Perak PKR liaison chief Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, that Changkat Jering assemblyman Osman Jailu and Behrang elected representative Jamaluddin Mat Radzi will be made exco members by Zambry in the coming days.
Mustaffa, who had heard it from reliable BN sources, had said that the exco offer was part of the deal to get the duo to defect from PKR.
Zambry's decision today not to expand his exco would mean that both Osman and Jamaluddin would have a wait longer to be made exco members, if these posts were in fact part of the deal for them to defect.
The BN menteri besar also said that the current line-up would be given ample time to prove their effectiveness in discharging their responsibilities.
"I've given them a specific time frame after which I will make my assessment. For the time being, I'm not making any evaluation although they will continue to be monitored based on their Key Performance Indicators (KPI)," he said.
Osman and Jamaluddin, together with DAP Jelapang assemblywoman Hee Yit Fong, turned ''BN-friendly” independents last year, leading to the dramatic ousting of a people-elected Pakatan government.
When contacted by FMT last week, Osman had laughed off the rumour of being made an exco member. Jamaluddin however was reticent and non-committal about the matter.
Perak PKR leaders however claimed that the two former PKR elected representatives will “collect their rewards” by being named to the state exco soon.
“Perhaps Zambry is worried of the timing in making them exco members now as their corruption trial is still ongoing,” said a PKR leader.
FMT
27/02/10
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