Perak BN Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir said he had no plans to raise the number of his state cabinet from six to its full strength of 10.

Zambry is caught in a dilemma on whether to fill the four vacant posts in the state cabinet as this could unleash a power struggle in his Umno party.

There is also the question of whether he would pick the three 'BN-friendly' Independents in return for their 'contribution' in causing the collapse of the 10-month-old Pakatan government by their defection.

It appeared that he has decided to sidestep the matter by maintaining his cabinet at its current number.

zambry perak state assembly building pc 130509 Zambry also today said there will be no reshuffle of the executive council (exco) in the near future as they have only been appointed to their respective portfolios quite recently.

On the other hand, he said, 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 told reporters after a 1Malaysia gathering at Kampung Boyan, in Taiping.

He disclosed this when asked whether he would reshuffle the exco line-up as was being done by Kedah Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak and Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Mohamad Hasan.

Zambry said there might be a few exco members currently who were less impressive in terms of their performance but he believed they were capable of improving their performance from time to time.