00:00This is what Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had to say about DAP MP Chow Yiu Hui's proposal
00:17for the creation of a minister's post overseeing non-Muslim religious affairs.
00:22Anwar said the matter of ministerial appointments was solely up to his discretion as Prime Minister.
00:27There is a minister of religion, there is a minister of co-ordination,
00:31there is a minister of harmony who represents all groups of all religions.
00:36The path is clear.
00:39Chow's proposal came on the heels of the uproar over proposed guidelines pertaining to Muslims
00:44attending non-Muslim festivities, funerals, as well as events at non-Muslim places of worship.
00:50Separately, Anwar said he had a candidate for the vacant post of Malaysian ambassador to the US,
00:55but declined to reveal the name.
00:58He said he would propose the candidate to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim
01:02when he visits the king in Bahrain.
01:04The position has been vacant following the completion of former MP Nazri Aziz's two-year stint.
01:11Pan Yu Jo, FMT News.
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