Illogical insecurity over threat to sack civil servants

The Malaysian Insight The Malaysian Insight Updated 8 years ago · Published on 21 Mar 2018 11:00AM · 4 Comments

Barisan Nasional is one of the longest coalitions to remain in power and yet displays signs of fear at the slightest hint of criticism. – EPA pic, March 21, 2018.

INSECURITY knows no bounds in Umno. Their politicians walk with swagger and speak with bombast but put out any report or article that doesn’t fit into their narrative and they go ballistic.

Take the speech by Mukhriz Mahathir where he said Pakatan Harapan (PH) would sack a number of civil servants if the coalition came to power, ostensibly over their support for the government of the day.

This was one opposition politician laying out his movement’s agenda – pretty normal for any politician to do so in any part of the world, except Malaysia, it seems.

Behind the scenes, Umno leaders have been agitated with Mukhriz for saying that and for the media for carrying his comments. They have been threatening to sanction the media, blah, blah, blah. You get the drift.

Yesterday, Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Mansor gave his two sen worth of wisdom on the matter.

In not so many words, he told reporters yesterday, “Don’t know their logic!”, complaining that there was already a shortage of government staff.

Here is the thing that is puzzling. 

The comment by Mukhriz could harm PH because it may push the civil service into the arms of the ruling Barisan Nasional.

So why castigate the media for running Mukhriz’s comments? Why even threaten to send legal notices? Why even ask to take down the article in question when it has been widely reported and criticised elsewhere?

For a party that is supremely confident of keeping the government and beating off the challenge from a 93-year-old politician and his cohorts, Umno and BN leaders appear to be really thin-skinned and insecure going to the polls.

The reality is the opposition is spending more time running the ruling party down than even airing their manifesto or plans for a better Malaysia.

The reality is the ruling party has a better chance of staying in Putrajaya than getting kicked out.

Or so they keep telling us, as they go around making promises similar to those made five years ago.

So why get so hot and bothered over the comments of one politician who used to be one of you? 

Perhaps Ku Nan’s words can be used back at these prickly leaders, Don’t know their logic! – March 21, 2018.

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  • Wasted breath and effort to bother or even try to understand UmnoBN ridiculos reasoning. The best actions is spare lots of planning and actions to kick them out for good.

    Posted 8 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Mukhriz is simply voicing out what the rakyat expects PH to do in the event they win GE14. At least, he is honest about their intentions. In fact, certain civil servants must be dismissed not just for their illogical support of a kleptocrat regime but also for their redundancy and incompetency.

    Posted 8 years ago by Chris Sav · Reply

  • He meant those holding the highest civil positions...eg AG...IGP...the list goes on

    Posted 8 years ago by Sam teo · Reply

  • Basically it means that both the opposition leaders and the government leaders realise that striking fear in the heart of our civil Servants is an effective way to keep them toeing to line. Basically it means that our civil service is manned by people who believe that if they get thrown out of their job , they can’t survive . What does that say about our civil service ?

    Posted 8 years ago by Nehru Sathiamoorthy · Reply