NAIROBI: If there are plans to reshuffle the Cabinet, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is keeping that decision close to his chest.
Anwar was non-committal when asked over the possibility of a Cabinet reshuffle taking place.
“Is there going to be a reshuffle? Does it involve the Prime Minister?” he asked when reporters queried him.
“I am thinking. Maybe at the right time (there will be a Cabinet reshuffle),” he said.
The Prime Minister also did not want to disclose if he has plans for Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, whose Senatorship tenure ends Dec 2.
As this is his second term as senator, Tengku Zafrul is not eligible for a new term in the Senate.
Talk is that changes in the Cabinet are impending, especially since there will be four vacancies in ministerial posts soon.
Aside from the vacancy in Tengku Zafrul’s position, the Prime Minister has not filled up the vacancies in the Economy and Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministers positions.
Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad had resigned as Economy Minister and Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister, respectively, in May.
The two had left their posts following their defeats in the last PKR party elections.
Datuk Ewon Benedick resigned as Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister earlier this month, stating that he would quit if Putrajaya decided to appeal the High Court ruling affirming Sabah’s rights to 40% of net revenue derived from the state.
