Unfair to enrich Perikatan MPs with plum posts, says Anwar


Chan Kok Leong

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim says it is disappointing to see capable CEOs such as Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin and Jalil Rasheed being replaced, calling the decisions questionable. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 17, 2020.

IT IS unfair for the Perikatan Nasional government to give plum appointments to MPs, as the country grapples with unemployment, said Anwar Ibrahim.

“MPs already earn around RM20,000 a month but some of them are now given appointments in government-linked companies and agencies, which earn them another RM30,000 per month.


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  • AI should use harsher words than just "unfair". Perhaps cronyism is the right word to describe the appointments

    Posted 3 years ago by Tanahair Ku