Khairy offers to be in new Cabinet

"I'm offering myself to be given a role, any role that can help him (Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak) and I leave it to him to decide".

That was the response from Umno Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin when asked on a suggestion by certain quarters for him to be included in the new cabinet to represent the youths.

The Rembau Member of Parliament, who was met after an interview on Bernama TV's talk show "Hello Malaysia" last night, said his presence in the Cabinet would not only be to represent the youths, but to form a strong team capable of implementing transformation.

"I hope the prime minister will choose a team which understands transformation and ready to implement it," he added.

In the just concluded 13th General Election, Khairy retained the parliamentary seat with an increased majority of 18,357 votes, compared to only 5,746 in the 12th General Election.

He garnered 43,053 votes to defeat Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) Radzali A. Ghani, who obtained 24,696 votes, and Independent candidate Abdul Aziz Hassan (325 votes).