PETALING JAYA: Appointing politicians as heads of government-linked companies (GLCs) continues to be a point of contention, with analysts taking different stands on this procedure generally practised around the world.
The analysts pointed out these political appointments are not unique to Malaysia as many other countries also do the same.University of Tasmania Professor of Asian Studies James Chin said the reality is it’s natural for governments to appoint politicians from ruling parties to head GLCs.“The reality is that this also happens in many other countries, as government institutions or government-linked companies by their very nature are political.
“Measuring such appointments by benchmarking those appointed as well as laying out what is expected of them would be a good way of ensuring that these positions are not misused,” said Chin. “Anwar’s government also has to publicly justify these appointments to inject an element of transparency,” said Azmil.
The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections had in March also slammed several political appointments to GLCs including Datuk Dr Ashraf Wajdi Dusuki as Mara chairman and Balik Pulau MP Datuk Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik as MyCreative Ventures Sdn Bhd’s chairman.
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