The interesting issue of lobbying for Deputy Prime Minister post

It is an interesting issue but I had expressed the view on the calls by var­i­ous quar­ters in Sarawak for the deputy prime min­is­ter (DPM) post to be al­lo­cated to Sarawak should not be mis­in­ter­preted as lob­by­ing for such position.

I have mentioned this to our media friends fol­low­ing a re­port that apart from Parti Pribumi Ber­satu Malaysia (Ber­satu), Gabun­gan Parti Sarawak (GPS) was also said to be lob­by­ing for the DPM's post. We must remember the pre­rog­a­tive of who should be in the Fed­eral Cab­i­net and what min­istry or po­si­tion he or she would hold actually rests on the Prime Min­is­ter and Dato Seri Is­mail Sabri should not be pres­sured in mak­ing that de­ci­sion.

There should not be any lob­by­ing too. Some Sarawakians have given their opin­ions and thoughts in­clud­ing my­self that time is ripe for an MP from the Bor­neo states to be con­sid­ered as DPM. But please do not look at it as lob­by­ing. The prime min­is­ter has full say on who he wants to be in his Cab­i­net but if a Sarawakian hap­pened to be se­lected then that would please all Sarawakians and also Saba­hans. It is also showing our role and con­tri­bu­tion in Greater Malaysia is recog­nised with such appointment as a DPM.