Malaysia's senior minister says government committed to improving COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Senior Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said the current government is committed to improving Malaysia's economy and managing the COVID 19 epidemic.

He made a statement to reporters on Monday August 8 regarding his purported nomination by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia Bersatu as the sole candidate for the deputy prime ministership.

I want to reiterate that the government of the day is committed to two important matters.

We are committed to making the national economy smarter. That is our commitment as a government. He said that we want to handle and manage COVID 19 more effectively, because we want to do so at the 2022 Malaysia Agriculture, Horticultural and Agrotourism Show.

There are four senior ministers in the current Malaysian government in place of a deputy prime minister.

Malaysian media reported that the deputy prime minister's post had been promised to Bersatu in an agreement between Perikatan Nasional PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin and Mr Ismail Sabri Yaakob in August last year, before the latter was appointed prime minister.