KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be announcing the list of deputy ministers tonight.
Anwar said he would be having an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah this evening to present the list of names concerned.
“I will have an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Tuanku (Agong) this evening and insya-Allah at 8.15pm tonight, we will announce the names of deputy ministers,” he told reporters after performing Friday prayers at Masjid Jamek Kampung Baru, here today.
Anwar disclosed this when asked whether he will be meeting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong this evening.
The media today reported that Anwar was scheduled to have an audience with Al-Sultan Abdullah this evening to present the list of deputy ministers to be appointed to join the Unity Government he is heading.
Earlier, the Prime Minister mingled with members of the public and had lunch at a restaurant near Masjid Jamek Kampung Baru at about 12.40pm before performing Friday prayers.
Anwar arrived at the mosque at about 1:00pm, in a blue baju Melayu and samping, accompanied by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na’im Mokhtar and Titiwangsa MP Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
He also greeted members of the congregation before entering the prayer hall of the mosque to listen to a sermon entitled ‘Empowering Zakat, Protecting the Asnaf ‘ read by the mosque Imam, Azizi Ab Hamid and performed Friday prayers.
— Bernama
