Now is the time for the government to take new steps to avoid waste, said Umno Supreme Council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi, saying that after Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed as deputy prime minister, there was no need to retain the four senior ministers introduced by Muhyiddin Yassin last year.

He also called for PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and Tiong King Sing of the Progressive Democratic Party to be stripped of their posts as special envoys...