Anwar offered me Cabinet post, but I declined, says Gobind

Anwar offered me Cabinet post, but I declined, says Gobind

The former multimedia and communications minister said he told the prime minister he wanted to focus on his role as MP and assist the government in any way he could.

Gobind Singh Deo was the multimedia and communications minister in Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Cabinet which lasted for 22 months.
PETALING JAYA:
Damansara MP Gobind Singh Deo says he had declined an offer to be in Anwar Ibrahim’s Cabinet, announced yesterday.

The DAP representative said that the prime minister had offered him a position in the Cabinet, but he had declined the offer to focus on his role as an MP.

“I informed him that I was unable to do so and that I would focus on my role as an MP and assist the government in all ways I could,” he said on Facebook today.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim named a 28-member Cabinet for his unity government.

In the line-up, Gobind’s previous portfolio was taken up by PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil. It will now be known as the digital communications ministry.

The Cabinet comprises 15 members from Pakatan Harapan, through PKR, DAP, Amanah and Upko; six from BN, through Umno; five from Gabungan Parti Sarawak, through PBB, PRS and PDP; and one from Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, through Sabah Bersatu. Another is not a member of any party.

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