Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah says Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad should have been cognisant of the fact that a ministerial post was the prerogative of the prime minister.
00:01A Sarawak minister said Rafizi Ramli and Nick Nazmi Nick Ahmad, who resigned from the cabinet after losing in the PQR polls, should have let Prime Minister Anway Ibrahim decide if they should vacate their posts.
00:14Aplukarim Rahman Hamza acknowledged that the duo had the right to resign, but said they should have recognized that ministerial appointments are the Prime Minister's prerogative.
00:25Instead of submitting their resignations, he said they could have expressed their willingness to step down and left the final decision to Anwar.
00:34Karim said their resignations could create political and economic instability, especially for Malaysia as a whole.
00:42Rafizi, the Economy Minister, and Nick Nazmi, the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister,
00:48resigned on Wednesday after failing to defend their respective PQR Deputy Presidency and Vice Presidency.
00:55Separately, Carmelo Furlito, CEO of the Centre for Market Education, said he did not see any radical change ahead following Rafizi's resignation.
01:05This, he said, was less about Rafizi personally and more reflective of the government's overall failure to introduce game-changing measures to attract investment.
