Rafidah slams Perikatan MPs taking all govt posts

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 13 Apr 2020 10:29AM · 13 Comments

Former minister Rafidah Aziz has pushed back on Perikatan Nasional’s plan to have its backbenchers sitting in GLCs and government agencies. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 13, 2020.

IT is the people who will lose out in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government’s “musical chairs” to give all its backbenchers posts in government linked companies and agencies, said former minister Rafidah Aziz.

“It is not some musical chairs programme.

“We, the rakyat, will be the losers, and have to pick up the precious pieces of our beloved Malaysia,” she wrote in a Facebook post today.

Rafidah is referring to law minister and PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan’s statement yesterday that all government backbenchers would be given positions as “they are qualified as parliamentarians”.

She has slammed the PN government for talking about “cushy posts for everyone in our gang” while the country is in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Some people ‘running’ the country need to go back to the simple basics, especially in how to govern, not merely by installing individuals in any vacant, vacated, or created post.”

Governance should be guided by “integrity, honesty, responsibility, accountability and dedicated teamwork” for the purpose of achieving the country’s and the people’s aspirations.

“Not be driven by personal ambitions and goals, to the detriment of the nation.

“We were supposed to achieve developed nation status in 2020 (but) clearly the reverse gear was pushed and here we are, sliding down on a backwards trajectory.”

She also called the PN government a “backdoor one”, in reference to the manner it ousted Pakatan Harapan (PH) that won the 2018 general election.

PN, whose main components are Barisan Nasional and PAS, took over in early March through defections by some PH figures to form a stronger Malay-Muslim coalition.

Rafidah said the PN government’s latest move to plan for every backbencher to get a government post is asking to setting “a compass towards self-destruct”. – April 13, 2020.

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  • BackDoor government will alway back door mindset

    Posted 4 years ago by Sam SamaSama · Reply

  • They are all in for positions, money and power in the name of serving the public, promoting religion and saving the country. Hypocrite of the highest order. All of us know the story of taking money by some claimed holistic leaders. One who can accept another crook as alliance, can u trust this One person or any person for that matter. Dr M may be an authoritarian in consolidating power but at least he is a person of principle for not compromising to work with crooks. We will see how nature power will punish this bunch of crooks.

    Posted 4 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • Water under the bridge now. There is nothing anyone can do about it till the next election. Robin Hood and his merry men will continue to rob,dance and be merry for the next 3 years while the country burn. All Thanks to one senile manipulative expired politician.

    Posted 4 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply

  • We must stop the government from sliding back to BN 2.0. Let's all work hard to kick them out in GE15.

    Posted 4 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Kak Rafidah...don't be surprised if they approach you soon with a position..just to keep you in check, too

    Posted 4 years ago by Julian Nagelsmann · Reply

  • Too bad, the stealing and rampage will last for minimum 3 years and then the colour blind of the malay voters will decide the extension

    Posted 4 years ago by S L · Reply

    • What do you think of the Malays, fuck you & go back to where you belong

      Posted 4 years ago by Ty Tiko · Reply

  • Backdoor Govt WILL ROT IN HELL Voters Cheated by All who participated in making the backdoor govt HAPPEN . May DIVINE INTERVEN and PUNISH ALL WHO CHEATED THE INNOCENT VOTERS.

    Posted 4 years ago by Lucky Boy · Reply

  • GE15 NO NEED TO VOTE DONT WASTE YOUR TIME N EFFORT IN LONG QUES AND AGONY ONE GOES THRU BEFORE VOTING DAY IS EVEN WORSE THAN VOTING DAY ITSELF

    Posted 4 years ago by Lucky Boy · Reply

  • Hear hear.

    Posted 4 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply

  • Hear hear.

    Posted 4 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply

  • Hear hear

    Posted 4 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply

  • Hear hear

    Posted 4 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply