BARISAN Nasional will form 28 portfolio committees to monitor the government, said Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa.

“These committees, although not quite the same as the shadow cabinet practised in the Westminster system, will monitor each ministry,” Annuar said during a press conference at the Putra World Trade Centre today.

There will be two chairmen for each portfolio.

“They will appoint three more non-MPs, consisting of professionals or people with integrity.

“The first duty of these committees will be to come out with an alternative budget. This will be headed by Khairy Jamaluddin (Rembau MP),” said Annuar.

The Prime Minister’s Department committee will be headed by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Bagan Datoh), Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Gua Musang) and vice-president Ismail Sabri (Bera).

Each committee will have two MPs.

Annuar said the decision was agreed to by BN component parties MCA, MIC and PBRS.

He added that the committees would comprise BN members for now, although MPs from Gagasan Sejahtera and Gabungan Parti Sarawak had also been invited.

The committee members are as follows:

Prime Minister’s Department: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Home: Shahidan Kassim and Adham Baba

Defence: Hishammuddin Hussein, Abdul Rahim Bakri and Zakaria Mohd Edris

Human Resources: Ismail Abdul Muttalib 

Foreign: Reezal Merican Naina Merican 

Law: Azalina Othman Said and Ronald Kiandee

Finance: Khairy Jamaluddin and Joseph Kurup 

Economy: Hasan Arifin 

Entrepreneur Development: Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and Ahmad Nazlan Idris

Consumer Affairs and Domestic Trade: Hamzah Zainudin and Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz

Primary Industries: Sivarraajh Chandran and Mastura Yazid

International Trade: Ahmad Maslan and Ismail Mohd Said

Rural Development: Annuar Musa, Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub and Joseph Kurup

Education: Mahdzir Khalid and Idris Jusoh

Women, Family and Community Development: Noraini Ahmad and Azizah Mohd Dun

Housing and Local Government: Noh Omar and Halimah Mohamed Sadique

Youth and Sports: Shahar Abdullah and Yasmani Hafez Musa

Tourism: Nazri Abdul Aziz and Jamaluddin Alias

Religious Affairs: Shabudin Yahaya

Transport: Wee Ka Siong

Communications and Multimedia: Shamsul Anuar Nasarah and Zahidi Zainul Abidin

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry: Tajuddin Abdul Rahman and Mohd Fazirah Mohd Fakeh 

Health: Abdul Latif Ahmad and Rosol Wahid

Water, Land and Natural Resources: Bung Mokhtar Radin and Mohd Nijar Zakaria

Works: Saravanan Murugan and Abdul Rahman Mohamad

Energy, Technology, Science and Environment: Ahmad Hamzah and Hasbullah Osman

Federal Territories: Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and Rozman Isli. – September 26, 2018.