08 Jul 2021 / 07:40 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional (PN) component parties and those in the PN government have expressed full support for the appointment of Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(pix) as Deputy Prime Minister, saying it can strengthen the administration.
The leaders said the Defence Minister could use his vast experience in the Cabinet and party to stabilise and strengthen the government, especially at a time when the country is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic.
PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said Ismail Sabri could assist Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in managing the country, especially in ensuring the success of the National Recovery Plan (PPN).