YOURSAY | The re-Umnoisation of government agencies?

YOURSAY | ‘Soon, we will have the world-renowned Malaysian kleptocracy, Najib-styled, restored to its full glory.’

Report: PN gov't asked exec who spoke up on 1MDB to leave MPOB

Mamadias: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, (by removing Bakke Mohd Salleh as Malaysian Palm Oil Board [MPOB] chairperson), you are losing your moral compass. Period.

Once, you spoke out against 1MDB and was even sacked by then prime minister Najib Abdul Razak. Now you are sacking those who spoke out against 1MDB.

Bakke is one of the very few Malay professionals who have strong ethics.

Kim Quek: This is clear evidence that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government under Muhyiddin’s leadership is fast-moving through a process from “de-Umnonisation” to “re-Umnonisation”.

Top officials who stood up against 1MDB are being gradually, but surely, replaced by those who abetted the 1MDB kleptocracy.

Soon, we will have the world-renowned Malaysian kleptocracy, Najib-styled, restored to its full glory.

Congrats, Muhyiddin and International Trade and Industry Minister Azmin Ali for your masterstroke that has beaten the electorate to revive the Umno-style kleptocratic rule.

RengitBP: This is common practice everywhere around the world. Professionals appointed by governments of the day will be changed when there are changes in the respective governments.

When Pakatan Harapan became the government, professionals in many positions were also moved out. If there is a change in the US president later this year, about 1,200 positions will also be changed.

Many of the professionals who are holding key positions in government-linked companies (GLCs) or government-linked investment companies (GLICs) know that there are no certainties to their positions.

Many of them are non-political in their outlook, but this comes with the territory. As long as the government owns shares in companies, it is within the government’s prerogative to make that call as a shareholder.

Pakcik Kiah: First, it was the removal of the educated and ethical people in the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF). Backdoor Human Resources Minister M Saravanan puts an owner of a private school, Nelson Renganathan, who is his friend, in charge as the HRDF chairperson.

Now they remove good people who stood by their principles and fought the corrupt BN regime. So what’s the big hoo-hah from PN about not appointing corrupt politicians?

You are now removing good people and replacing them with your cronies, who are actually frontliners for corrupt leaders facing trials.

The talk about a clean government is all a bunch of lies. Malaysiakini, please continue exposing all these appointments.

Constitutional Supremacy: The BN and kleptocrats days are back.

Unashamedly, they are taking out officers who had spoken out and exposed 1MDB and replaced them with persons who were involved in the wrongdoings and made possible the scandal.

Those appointed are all Najib's men.

Now, where are the people and NGOs who were attacking Harapan relentlessly, who wanted overnight reforms and at the same time, for the government to consult with the public?

CH Y: We have this situation due to:

1. Politicians who do not subscribe to a manifesto and use any excuse to change course and not fulfil their promises.

2. The (now) opposition Harapan politicians who were crazy about being ministers.

3. MCA and MIC willing to be in bad company and could not care a bit about corruption/kleptocracy or sound governance.

Anonymous_1543386425: It’s time to reward those who supported Muhyiddin and supporters of the PN government. This is Malaysia where integrity and good ethics are irrelevant but connections matter.

Feudalism is still part of the culture. No Malay leader has the vision to change Malay thinking from entitlement-based to merit-based.

Although Malaysia is a Muslim-majority nation, corruption permeates the nation from the very top to the grassroots and the politicians are shameless hypocrites.

ZunNuun: All these are just the ‘kucing kurap’ (small fries). As long as Najib and the pirates are prevented from returning, there’s no real concern.

They may be complicit but they are not the real players. They only listen to the boss. The boss now is Muhyiddin and not Najib. This is how politics works.

Rupert16: No, ZunNuun, it’s a concern. These new appointees were complicit in plundering the country and stealing a huge amount of public funds via SRC International and 1MDB.

BagusCurryPuff: Appointments must be made on merit - get the best and brightest to do the jobs.

If the government has already chosen to forget the mess that patronage makes of our public and commercial institutions, then there is no hope for rebuilding the country.

RR: The PN government, in sacking corruption-free top professionals from GLCs/GLICs, is engaging in a political gameplay which ignores the future well-being of the rakyat and the nation.

We pray and hope that good sense will prevail in making the right decisions for the sake of the country’s future.

Fear of God and his wrath in the form of the coronavirus should bring realisation to those decision-makers in the PN government.

BlackMoon: The tide of hope has gone out, and the old tide has come in. Capable leaders appointed by Harapan are replaced by the corrupt of old.

Our hearts bleed, our eyes shed tears of grief and sorrow, yet our hands are tied. We, the rakyat, are the victims of a conscienceless, immoral, unelected group of self-serving politicians.

Darkness has encroached our land. How long do we have to bear these sufferings? Who can we turn to? Who will hear our cry? When will my beloved country see the light of day again?

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