Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has defended the slew of recent political appointments by Pakatan Harapan.

“We have reduced the number of political appointments, but some of the appointments could have been made on the basis of merit... and those chosen don’t hold high positions in political parties.

“Most of us have political affiliations anyway and some of us are members of political parties,” she told the media when asked after distributing mandarin oranges to her constituents in Pandan, Selangor, this morning.