PMO denies cabinet reshuffle on the cards

The Prime Minister Office (PMO) has denied there will be a cabinet reshuffle and dismissed a list being circulated online on this.

The list showed that five ministers would be dropped.

"The PMO today denies there will be a cabinet reshuffle as stated in a list that has been circulated on social media," it said in a Twitter posting this afternoon.

It also reiterated that the current government line-up would remain.

The list, which went viral yesterday, claimed that ministers such as Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz, Anifah Aman, Jamil Khir Baharom, Idris Jala and Shahidan Kassim would be dropped.

This is amid Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak coming under siege over 1Malaysia Development Berhad which is struggling to repay its massive RM42 billion debt.

The list also suggested that Ahmad Maslan will be made the Information Minister while Bung Mokthar Radin will head the Housing and Local Government Ministry.

It also claimed that Kuala Selangor MP Irmohizam Ibrahim will be made Youth and Sports Minister as Khairy Jamaluddin will take up the post of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

It added that current Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim would be made Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

Prior to the viral list, rumours has been rift of a possible reshuffle after several leaders within Umno began to revolt after Tabung Haji was roped in to purchase land from cash-strapped 1MDB.

The purchase was seen as a bailout of 1MDB, prompting Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin to say that he had trouble explaining the matter to the public.

"The rakyat wants to know why no one has been charged, why the 1MDB board has not been sacked, and about the position of the chief executive officer and the prime minister as adviser," he had said last Friday while on a working trip to Milan.

This led to speculation that Tourism Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz, who was with Muhyiddin's entourage, was part of a plan to oust Najib.

Nazri had since denied the claim, stressing that he was on a trip sanctioned by the cabinet and Najib was aware of this.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim's comments that "drastic change" was needed among some government leaders had likewise fuelled speculations.

However, Najib yesterday sought to present a united front, stressing that the Umno leadership was behind him.

He had also said that anyone wanting to drive a wedge between him and his deputy would be disappointed.

As what was circulated in the Social media via WhatsApp is as follows:-

7 MENTERI DIGUGUR DALAM ROMBAKAN KABINET NAJIB

Beberapa nama dan muka baru masuk menjadi sebahagian kabinet baru Dato Seri Najib untuk menghadapi ujian dan cabaran besar menjelang PRU14.

Nama nama yang baru muncul di Jabatan Perdana Menteri seperti YB Khairy, Dato Asyraf diberi peranan khusus untuk menjaga orang muda dan golongan belia. Dato Azeez pula diberi peranan mengambil alih tempat Dato Razali Ibrahim, selain menjaga 1M4U.

Tan Sri Nordin Kardi dipilih sebagai menteri penuh Menteri Pengajian Tinggi (diwujudkan semula) kerana pengalamannya sebagai Naib Canselor sebagaimana sebelum ini Tan Sri Musa Mohamed Naib Canselor USM yang menjadi Menteri Pendidikan. Dato Irmo yang aktif dalam belia dan NGO dijangka akan memberi nafas baru untuk misi emas olimpik dan Piala Dunia. Ahmad Maslan diberi kepercayaan penuh untuk mengembalikan semula keyakinan rakyat terhadap kerajaan menerusi kementerian penerangan.

Beberapa nama besar yang gugur dijangka akan ditempatkan di GLC dan beberapa tempat strategik. Idris Jala difahamkan akan ditempatkan di 1MDB untuk mengukuhkan institusi itu. Shahidan Kassim yang rapat dengan kerajaan Arab Saudi dilapor akan menerajui Tabung Haji.

Manakala Hassan Malek pula akan menjadi CEO KWSP yang baru. Jamil Khir dikata pergi ke Bank Rakyat. Jailani Johari akan kembali menerajui SKMM. Tajuddin Rahman pula akan mengisi kekosongan sama ada sebagai Ketua Pengarah JASA atau di Felda. Nazri Aziz khabarnya akan diutus ke Amerika Syarikat serta kukuhkan pelaburan FGV di peringkat antarabangsa. Anifah pula memilih untuk merehatkan diri.

Out :
1) Hassan Malek
2) Idris Jala
3) Jamil Khir
4) Nazri Aziz
5) Anifah Aman
5) Jailani Johari
6) Tajuddin Rahman
7) Shahidan Kassim

Senarai Nama Menteri Kabinet Malaysia
(Kemaskini Jun 2015)
Perdana Menteri
Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Tun Haji Abdul Razak

Timbalan Perdana Menteri
Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri
Menteri:
Dato' Asyraf Wajidi Dasuki
Encik Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup
Datuk Joseph Entulu Anak Belaun
Dato' Seri Idris Jusoh
Dato’ Mah Siew Keong
Senator Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan
Puan Hajah Nancy Haji Shukri
Senator Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid Omar
Datuk Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong

Timbalan Menteri:
Dato Azeez Rahim

Kementerian Kewangan
Menteri I: Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Tun Haji Abdul Razak
Menteri II: Dato' Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah

Timbalan Menteri: Dato Johari Ghani
Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Chua Tee Yong

Kementerian Pendidikan
Menteri : Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Yap Kain Ching @ Mary Yap Ken Jin

Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi
Menteri : Tan Sri Nordin Kardi

Timbalan Menteri : Dato Razali Ibrahim
Timbalan Menteri: Tuan P. Kamalanathan A/l P. Panchanathan

Kementerian Dalam Negeri
Menteri: Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Dr. Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia
Menteri: Datuk Haji Ahmad Haji Maslan

Timbalan Menteri: Dato' Poad Zakarshi

Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah
Menteri: Dato' Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi

Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri
Menteri: Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed

Timbalan Menteri: Senator Dato' Lee Chee Leong
Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Ir. Haji Hamim Samuri

Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air
Menteri: Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili

Timbalan Menteri: Dato' Seri Mahdzir Khalid

Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar
Menteri: Datuk Seri Palanivel A/l K. Govindasamy

Timbalan Menteri: Dato’ Sri Dr. James Dawos Mamit

Kementerian Pengangkutan
Menteri: Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin

Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan
Menteri: Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan

Timbalan Menteri: Dato Mas Ermiyanti

Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani

Menteri: Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Timbalan Menteri: Kha
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Kementerian Pertahanan
Menteri: Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Abd Rahim Bakri

Kementerian Ke [truncated by WhatsApp]