Cabinet line-up announcement postponed to later tonight

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will announce his cabinet line-up at 8.15pm.

Initially, it was scheduled to be at 5pm which was when members of the media began gathering ahead of the announcement in Putrajaya.

However, the Prime Minister’s Office has informed that it has been pushed back to 8.15pm.

Earlier in the afternoon during his speech at an event in Tambun, Perak, the 10th premier said he had presented the names of ministers to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong when he had an audience with the monarch this morning.

"I have decided to present (the list of names) to Tuanku, and God willing, I will announce the cabinet line-up this evening," Anwar said in his speech during a kenduri rakyat (feast for the people) event.

According to the premier, he had discussed with Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah several times to make sure that the cabinet can be formed as soon as possible.

He said there were hundreds who are qualified to be in the cabinet, but only a small number could make it to the list.

"Because we do not want too many ministers and special ambassadors with minister’s rank.

"Because we want to save the country's money to give back to the rakyat," he added.

Meanwhile, Dewan Negara speaker Rais Yatim reportedly told Astro Awani that the swearing-in ceremony for new Senators will take place at 8.30am tomorrow.

Among those who might be sworn in for the purpose of joining the cabinet are PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and former education minister Maszlee Malik.

Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, who served as finance minister in the previous two administrations under Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri Yaakob, is also being touted as a dark-horse candidate for Anwar’s cabinet.

On his new cabinet, Anwar said that he will call for a special meeting this Monday to brief its members on "special rules".

The rules include how they should treat the civil service, ways to handle policy announcements, and how to save taxpayers' money.

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