The proposal by Penang PKR Youth that the chief minister's post be rotated between parties in Pakatan Rakyat has been criticised by Penang DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy).

pc on guan eng house 200709 ng wei aik Its secretary Ng Wei Aik said the three component parties of Pakatan Rakyat had not agreed to any new formula to rotate the Penang chief minister's post.

"This is a racial formula created by Mohd Yusmadi (Penang PKR Youth chief). He is power crazy," he said in a statement here today.

He was commenting a statement by Mohd Yusmadi that a new formula be implemented so that leaders from all races could be appointed Penang chief minister.

Yusmadi: New formula needed

uthayakumar high chaparral 040709 yusmadi Mohd Yusmadi, the member of parliament for Balik Pulau said a new formula was needed to replace the BN formula which gave the chief minister's post to the Chinese and the deputy chief minister's post to the Malays.

Ng said Dapsy felt that the time was not ripe to rotate the chief minister's post and that the post be taken up by the party with the majority number of seats and not because the Chinese formed the majority in the state.

"The new formula implemented by the Penang government is fair to all the people irrespective of race, religion and political background," he said.

- Bernama