It is likely that some of them would then be sworn in as ministers or deputy ministers in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Besides Liew and Waythamoorthy, four others chosen by the federal government to be senators are Terengganu Amanah chairman Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad, Penang PPBM chairman Marzuki Yahya, forensic accountant Mohd Radzi Md Jidin and Ismail Ibrahim.

Meanwhile, Hussain Awang was selected by the Terengganu state assembly to represent the state while Asmak Husin, by the Kelantan state assembly to represent Kelantan.

Their names were stated in a media invitation from the Parliamentary Corporate Communications Division which informed that the swearing-in ceremony will be held at Parliament House at 2pm.

Meanwhile, based on a media invitation by the Istana Negara circulated today, an oath-taking ceremony for ministers and deputy ministers will be held at 3.30pm tomorrow.

On July 2, Mahathir said three more ministers would be appointed to take the Cabinet line-up to 29.

He said the appointment of the three ministers could only be done after they were sworn in as senators in the Dewan Negara.