Po­lit­i­cal sci­en­tist Prof Hamid Ghany says the de­ci­sion to split the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty in­to two dis­tinct port­fo­lios—Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty and De­fence—is con­sis­tent with Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s long-stand­ing po­si­tion while in op­po­si­tion.

“She has been talk­ing about this for quite a few years now,” Ghany told re­porters fol­low­ing the swear­ing in of the new Cab­i­net. “Her phi­los­o­phy was that the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty was too large for a sin­gle min­is­ter to han­dle.”

Roger Alexan­der was named Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty, while Wayne Sturge was sworn in as Min­is­ter of De­fence.