PAS research centre director Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki has claimed the Pakatan Harapan government is in disarray because it has yet to form a full cabinet in the two weeks since the polls.

"The cabinet formation by Harapan appears in disarray as they have yet to name nominees for all the full ministries.

"More unfortunate is that a menteri besar was also appointed as minister at the federal level," he said in a statement published on PAS organ Harakahdaily.

Zuhdi appeared to be referring to Mohamad Azmin Ali, who was first sworn in as Selangor menteri besar before being appointed as economic affairs minister. 

Azmin has said, however, that he will relinquish the former post, and that his replacement is currently being sought.

Zuhdi also took aim at the "populist" punishment of past leaders. 

"In the mess of forming the cabinet, the government also appeared hasty in taking populist actions to punish leaders and government officials from the old regime for the sake of political perception.

"These populist actions have eroded public confidence in the professionalism of the government," he said.

Zuhdi criticised the Harapan government for mulling cancelling certain development projects, and urged them to shed their opposition mentality.

Harapan’s victory in the May 9 general election ended BN's 61 years in power.

Along with its ally Warisan, it won 121 of the 222-seat Parliament, while BN only managed to capture 79. PAS won 18.

Zuhdi, who contested in Shah Alam, was defeated in the parliamentary constituency after he came in third with 15,194 votes.

Amanah's Khalid Samad won the seat with 55,949 votes, while Umno's Azhari Saari garnered 22,100.