Don’t try to be a hero, PTPTN chief tells ministers

Diyana Ibrahim Diyana Ibrahim Updated 6 years ago · Published on 25 Dec 2019 11:03PM · 4 Comments

PTPTN chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan has told ministers to voice out in the cabinet if they have any objections regarding government policies and refrain from contradicting each other publicly. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 25, 2019.

MINISTERS should not try being a hero by publicly questioning decisions which have been discussed and agreed in the cabinet, said National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan.

He said ministers should have raised objections when the matter was discussed in the cabinet itself.

“We have a Westminster-type cabinet system. That means the decision of the cabinet is the highest.

“We can’t have one minister saying one thing, and then another minister saying something else.

“When a decision has been made, the ministers need to be united, and speak in one voice to represent the government decision. They cannot come outside and object,” the Bersatu Supreme Council member said in a live TV1 programme tonight.

He said if the ministers have a difference of opinion on an issue, they should be discussing it internally and not in the public forum.

“If a minister wants to object, he need not raise it on social media. He can just discuss the matter in their internal WhatsApp group.

“We need to have political maturity and move as a team. Don’t try to be a hero,” he said.

Wan Saiful was reacting to questions about objections raised by certain ministers on the decision to stop the critical service incentive for 33 civil service schemes.

The Public Service Department (PSD) today announced that the critical service incentive will no longer be given to new hires starting next year.

The allowance was introduced in 1992 for jobs that were difficult to fill and had low recruitment. A review this year showed that these positions no longer meet the criteria.

PSD said the studies showed that all 33 service schemes that have been getting the incentive are no longer critical.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who chaired a cabinet committee on the civil service, decided that new hires will not get the incentive.

Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman took to Twitter last night to express his disagreement with the government’s decision.

He vowed to cut the number of his annual leave days and return “every sen” of his holiday allowance before seeing to it that his peers, too, get their incentives reduced.

Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad confirmed the end of the allowance in a tweet this morning. – December 25, 2019.

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  • syed aka tun future son in law is young and naive plus he think he is damm clever. rakyat not stupid. just watch..next GE

    Posted 6 years ago by . . · Reply

  • Syed please grow up fast don't try to be a hero. What have you done for the youths besides being a loud mouth?

    Posted 6 years ago by Justin Leno · Reply

  • Syed Saddiq is slapping the old man and also the Cabinet with his stupid outburst. He should resign from the Cabinet if he cannot toe the decisions of the Cabinet. Wait for the next GE, he will definitely lose if fielded in Muar again, a mixed constituency.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mike Mok · Reply

  • small boy does not understand team work.

    Posted 6 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply