Pakatan forms 'cabinet' committees

Pakatan Rakyat today announced the setting up of committees to correspond with the 25 ministries in the federal cabinet.

"There are 25 ministries and each ministry will have a member of parliament from PKR, DAP and PAS.

"And the committees will also have specialists in respective fields to help the Pakatan MPs," said PKR vice-president Azmin Ali at a press conference in Parliament today.

He added that the committees - officially known as Pakatan Rakyat Members of Parliament Committee - were formed to focus on parliamentary duties which includes debating bills and to be prepared for the question and answers session.

He however stressed that this was not a shadow cabinet.