KUCHING: Being appointed Deputy Prime Minister is a recognition for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and the Borneo bloc of Sabah and Sarawak, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
KUCHING: Being appointed Deputy Prime Minister is a recognition for Gabungan Parti Sarawak and the Borneo bloc of Sabah and Sarawak, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof .
Fadillah, who is the first deputy prime minister from Sarawak or Sabah, said the post was not something to brag about but a task entrusted by the people and nation. "Regardless of race, religion and political affiliation, let us all together build a stable, advanced and prosperous Malaysia based on the Federal Constitution and Rukun Negara," he said.
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