CARETAKER Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today described the shadow cabinet poster that has gone viral on social media as nothing more than mere psychological warfare by his opponents. 

Ismail said the opponents have no “product” to sell to the voters and that he would not use such a tactic in his focus on winning the general election. 

“It is up to them (the opponents) to unveil the shadow cabinet. I did not form a shadow cabinet because my focus is on winning the election,” he told a press conference after attending the Semarak Uniti Keluarga Malaysia programme at Dataran Kerayong in Bera. 

Also present was National Unity Minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique. 

Ismail was commenting on a shadow cabinet poster that has been making its rounds on social media since yesterday, showing a list of leaders of a unity government from Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH). 

Ismail said he hopes voters would not be influenced by propaganda and instead listen to explanations from BN that are based on facts and its track record.

On the group of 70 Malay professors (G70) who allegedly endorsed PH chairman Anwar Ibrahim as the next prime minister, he said they do not represent the National Professors Council (NPC). 

“It is normal in any organisation, there must be those who support and some who don’t, but it does not represent the entire council and they (NPC) even deny the statement (made by G70) that it represents the NPC,” he said. 

The Higher Education Ministry yesterday denied its involvement with G70 and said the group is not an official representation of academic staff or professors from institutions of higher learning in the country. – Bernama, November 17, 2022.