Najib to take over Shahrizat’s portfolio

Shahrizat announced on March 11 that she would step down as women, family and
community development minister when her term as senator expires tomorrow. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today that he will take over Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s women, family and community development portfolio after she steps down as senator tomorrow.

The prime minister made the announcement at a function in Temerloh, Pahang today, according to Star Online.


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Pakatan will take over in GE-13: "I feel it in my bones"

In the wake of the Bersih 2.0 rally for free-and-fair elections and given the many blunders made by Prime Minister Najib Razak in handling recent issues plus the "messy" way in which the country was being run, expectations for the Pakatan Rakyat to take over the federal government is high, come the next general election.

However, some remain unconvinced by the forecast of prominent academic Wong Chin Huat, who expects Pakatan to win 100 seats, 18 more than in the last general election. In the last general election, Barisan Nasional grabbed 140 out of the total 222 seats avaliable, losing its two-third majority.

Wong believed that the July 9 Bersih 2.0 rally may help push Pakatan Rakyat's 2008 tally of 75 federal seats to a whopping 100 seats. That would mean 12 seats short for the PR.