COMMENT | 'Politicising' label to curb discourse

COMMENT | On July 20, 2022, Seputeh Member of Parliament Teresa Kok issued a statement urging the government to make the civil service more racially balanced.

Her statement was in response to the answer given in Parliament by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Abdul Latiff Ahmad, about the racial composition of the civil service. 

Teresa in her statement said that for a multi-racial country like ours, a more representative civil service is important to reflect the ethnic make-up as the government pushes for its ‘Keluarga Malaysia’ slogan. 

She also pointed to several factors which, in her view, contributed to what she deems to be a racial imbalance within the civil service. 

Looking at her statement as a whole, one would come to the conclusion that the issues she raised are important ones. As a lawmaker, she has a duty to bring these matters to the fore and give her views and recommendations about them...