New Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. (Photo: channelnewsasia.com)Kuala Lumpur (VNA) –New Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on March 2 appealed for public support for his leadership.
In his firstpublic address since assuming office the day before, Muhyiddin said he is a Prime Minister for all Malaysians, regardless of their ethnicity or profession.
He asked Malaysians to give him a chance to utilise his40 years of experience in politics and government to serve the nation.
Muhyiddin said his priority as the new PM is to increase administrative integrityand management and fight corruption and abuse of power. The priorities alsoinclude providing quality healthcare servies at an affordable cost,improving education and coping with the new coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
Muhyiddin added that his administration will focus on making the Shared ProsperityVision 2030 a reality and assured people that his cabinet will comprise ofclean individuals.
The Malaysiakini newspaper reported that a meeting of the Parliament,scheduled to start on March 9, will be postponed to allow for cabinet ministersto be appointed. Analysts believed the postponement is also meant to delay a vote of confidence to test Muhyiddin’s majority control of theParliament.
Malaysia's King Sultan AbdullahSultan Ahmad Shah had appointed Muhyiddin, former Minister of Home Affairs as the country's new Prime Minister, following a weekof political stalemate in Malaysia after the abrupt resignation of his 94-year-old predecessor Mahathir Mohamad, who had been in office since thegeneral election in 2018./.
VNA
