PERDANA LIBRARY PERDANA LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION NEWSPAPER CLIPPING Newspaper New Straits Times Date 29 July 2015 to reshuffle the cabinet. "During my time in the cabinet, I have done my best based on the responsibiiity bestowed upon me to ensure the welfare of the people. es- peclally thosĕ in rnral areas," Shafle, who is Umno vice-president, said yesterday. Shafie was replaced by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, formerly agri- culture and agro-based industry minister. AN Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sald he accepts Prime Mlnister TDatuk Seri Najib Razak's de- clsion to drop him as deputy prime minlster. Muhyiddin said it was the prime minister's prerogative to remove any minister from the cabinet. "I accept the prime minister's de- cision to drop me from the cabinet with an open heart. "I respect the prime mlnister's "(On) the 1MDB issue, I have my He thanked department heads, prerogative powers to appoint and own principles and stand in defend- govemment officers, non-govern- drop any cabinet member," he post- ing the people's rights, the good mental organisations and all who ed on his Facebook page yesterday. name of Umno and the country's supported hlm during hls time as He thanked Najib for giving him interests. deputy prime minister. the opportunity to serve as the coun- "If my st«ind on this issue caused Muhyiddin, who assumed the try'sNo.2ieader. me to be dropped from the cablnet, deputy prime minister's post on Muhyiddin said he had fully sup- then I redha (accept with an open April 10,2009, was dropped from the ported Najib and the govemmenfs heart)" he sald. cabinet yesterday after the prime policies during his tenure as deputy Muhyiddin, who was also dropped minister announced several prime minister. as education minister, pledged to changes to the ministerial line-up. "As deputy prime minister, I was contlnue contributlng to Umno in He was replaced by Datuk Seri Dr directly involved in the drafting of his capacity as party deputy pres- Ahmad Zahid Hamldi. government policies and I carried ident. Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, out ail the duties entrusted to me." "I will always be loyal to Umno's who was dropped as rural and re- Muhyiddin, who is also Umno struggles. gional development minister, said deputy president, however, said he "As Umno deputy president, I will his views were given with the in- had his own principles and stand on continue to serve to strengthen the tention of strengthenlng Umno. the controversy surrounding party and return the people's trust in "If It is not in Une with the prime lMalaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). Umno," he sald. minlster's stance, then it is his right .