11 Members Of Parliament Appointed As Friends Of National Unity Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Eleven members of Parliament who are supporters of the MADANI Government were today appointed as Friends of Ministry (FOM) for the Ministry of National Unity.

The ministry in a statement announced that the presentation of the letters of appointment was officiated by Minister of National Unity Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang at Parliament Building, today.

Those appointed are Fong Kui Lun (Bukit Bintang), Tan Kok Wai (Cheras), Chow Kon Yeow (Batu Kawan), Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (Bandar Tun Razak), Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (Gombak), Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari (Sungai Petani), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Bera), Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (Sembrong), Datuk Seri M. Saravanan (Tapah), Mohamad Shafizan Haji Kepli (Batang Lupar) and Roy Angau Anak Gingkoi (Lubok Antu).

In the statement, Aaron said FOM plays an important role in providing suggestions and insightful views for improving the ministry's policies and programmes to ensure inclusive, progressive and values-based unity agenda of MADANI Malaysia can be achieved more effectively.

He said that the ministry is also implementing engagement sessions nationwide to draft a Nation-Building Action Plan, followed by the organisation of the Nation-Building Conference in October.

Aaron also shared the direction of the ministry's main initiatives for this year which are themed Harmony in Diversity through the implementation of four main efforts, namely the Unity Ecosystem, MADANI Harmony Initiative, Exploration of the Rukun Negara and Sociocultural Community.

The FOM initiative is the brainchild of the MADANI Government Supporters Club (BBC) to improve and empower the role of government Members of Parliament throughout the Dewan Rakyat session.

FOM also plays a role in empowering government Members of Parliament as agents of the ministry to explain government policies and guidelines to the grassroots level more effectively.

-- BERNAMA