KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 -- Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh has defended Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's remarks that political appointments by a government do not constitute abuse of power.

In a Facebook post, Muhamad Akmal also thanked the Tambun MP for what he described as finally understanding the Barisan Nasional (BN) government's previous actions.

"Alhamdulillah. Thank you, Prime Minister, for finally understanding what the BN government did in the past," he wrote, as reported by Utusan Malaysia.

Anwar, during his winding-up speech at the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) National Congress in Johor Bahru yesterday, said governments should be allowed to appoint qualified individuals, and such appointments were not a ...