By Santhia Panjanadan
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will decide on who will be replacing Anthony Loke as transport minister, said Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo today.
Gobind declined to comment on speculation that he could be appointed to the post, reiterating that the appointment of ministers was a matter for the Prime Minister to decide.
“That is for the Prime Minister to decide. The question of appointment of ministers is a matter of a core discussion of the Prime Minister. So let’s leave it to him,” he told reporters after launching the National AI Readiness Week 2026 today.
Asked whether DAP had submitted a candidate’s name to Anwar, Gobind reiterated that the decision should be left to the Prime Minister.
“The Prime Minister knows and he will decide,” he said, adding that he had been asked the question numerous times already.
Loke’s resignation followed through on a decision he had announced in September, when he said he would step down as a Cabinet member, as DAP’s response, should former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was then in jail following his conviction on the SRC International corruption case, be allowed to continue his jail term under house arrest.
Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail in August 2022 after being convicted of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving the misappropriation of RM42 million from SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Fund (1MDB)
Loke’s resignation took effect on Nov 10 after the Kuala Lumpur High Court issued an order allowing Najib to serve the remainder of his prison sentence after the settlement of a fine of RM50 million was made.
–WE