PUTRAJAYA: The Internal Security Act will be reviewed soon. "We want it (review) to be done very soon. I will discuss this with the home minister. I have some ideas but I will have to discuss them with him first. Then, we will announce it when the time comes," Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said.
Najib, on his appointment as the country's sixth prime minister on April 3, freed 13 ISA detainees and lifted the suspension of two opposition papers -- Harakah and Suara Keadilan.
In his maiden speech as PM, which was broadcast live, Najib had said Barisan Nasional would comprehensively review the ISA.
"These decisions are timely as we move to enhance the confidence of our citizens in those entrusted with maintaining peace, law and order, while recognising the need to remain vigilant of the real security threats we continue to face as a young nation," Najib had said.
Najib will chair the first cabinet meeting as the prime minister today. He said he would expound on the 1Malaysia concept to cabinet members and also editors.
On the demands made by MIC and MCA, Najib said they could always voice their views and ideas.
"But I am the one who will decide," Najib, who is also the finance minister, said after launching the Work Capital Guarantee and Industry Restructuring Guarantee schemes at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre.
MCA had asked for the second deputy prime minister post while MIC had demanded for greater representation in the cabinet.
