Zahid: My appointment is a calling from God


PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister was not a reward but rather a calling from God.

“This is a calling that I could not avoid. Najib and I go way back. I was his political secretary when he was youth and sports minister,” he told the press here yesterday.

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