Malaysia's new government has a long way to go to improve people's livelihood
2022-12-06
The members of Malaysia's new cabinet were sworn in at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, on the 3rd. Supreme Head Abdullah and Prime Minister Anwar, who had already taken office, attended the ceremony. Anwar said the new government will focus on promoting economic development and focus on implementing measures that can reduce the burden on the people when announcing the cabinet list the day before. Analysts pointed out that in November this year, elections were held in the House of Commons of Malaysia's Parliament, but no political party or coalition of political parties won a simple majority of seats. Therefore, the subsequent selection of Prime Minister candidates and cabinet members had twists and turns. The new government aims to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood. All parties need to bridge their differences and actively cooperate. The Cabinet List was hard to come out. There are 222 seats in the House of Commons of the Malaysian Parliament. The party or coalition of political parties that usually obtain more than half of the seats in the House of Commons can form a separate cabinet. The leader of the party or coalition of political parties can be the Prime Minister, or can recommend the Prime Minister to the Supreme Head. In this election, the Hope League led by Anwar won a total of 82 seats, the largest number, but still 30 seats away from the 112 seats required for a separate cabinet. On November 24, Supreme Head Abdullah held a meeting of Malaysian rulers, which finally decided to appoint Anwar as the new Prime Minister. Subsequently, how to balance the interests of all political parties and cooperate with the National Front and the Sarawak Political Party Alliance to form a unity government became a challenge for Anwar. In terms of the final results, the 28 member new cabinet announced by Anwar on December 2 was smaller than the previous one. The two deputy prime ministers were Ahmed Zahid Hamidi, chairman of the Malay National Unity Agency (UMNO) from the National Front, and Fadira Yusuf, from the Sarawak political party coalition. Anwar is also the Minister of Finance, Zahid is the Minister of Rural and Regional Development, and Yusuf is the Minister of Plantation Enterprises and Commodities. Zambri Abdul Qadir served as Foreign Minister and Mohamed Hassan served as Defense Minister. Analysts believe that the members of the new cabinet come from multiple political parties, which shows that Anwar regards the consolidation of unity among the parties and ensuring the governance ability of the new government as a priority. The new government has a long way to go. Anwar served as finance minister from 1991 to 1998. After he was appointed as Prime Minister on November 24, the Malaysian stock market rose, which was regarded as the expectation of the market for his reform of the New Deal. Cai Zhaoyuan, a Malaysian economic commentator, said that the members of the new cabinet were diversified and believed that the new cabinet could restore market confidence. On the evening of the 4th, the new Minister of International Trade and Industry, Zafr Tengku Abdul Aziz, issued a statement listing the priorities of the Ministry. He said that to ensure that trade remains the main growth engine, it is necessary to increase foreign direct investment and continue to promote Malaysia to become the preferred investment destination and a competitive trading country; Strengthen the development of electronics, chemistry and chemical industry, nanotechnology, intelligent manufacturing and other industries. On November 25, the second day after he was sworn in as Prime Minister, Anwar said that the government's top priority was to reduce the cost of living and the burden on the people. In this regard, Hu Yishan, chief consultant of Malaysia Pacific Research Center, said that how to alleviate the increasing cost of living of the people, ensure adequate food supply and produce more
Edit:Hou Wenzhe Responsible editor:Weize
Source:Xinhua Net
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