With DPM, what’s the need for 4 senior ministers, asks Umno man
Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi says Muhyiddin Yassin’s Cabinet of 70 people, comprising 31 ministers and 38 deputy ministers, was too big.
PETALING JAYA: The government should do away with the four senior ministers’ roles now that it has appointed a deputy prime minister, says an Umno supreme council member.
“A DPM has been appointed. Is there really a need to have four senior ministers? Isn’t this a waste (of resources)?” asked Puad Zarkashi.
“What are their roles and powers, aside from getting police escorts?”
He said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Cabinet of 70 people, comprising 31 ministers and 38 deputy ministers, was too big.
Puad said during the pandemic, the senior ministers’ roles, as well as ministerial-level appointments, should be done away with.
“The lack of coordination is why the government has failed,” he said, adding this was an issue a high-ranking Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) officer had recently raised.
He was referring to the remarks made by ATM’s management of health services division head, Brigadier General Dr Mohd Arshil Moideen in a recent Astro Awani report.
Arshil, who was speaking on the Covid-19 situation in the country, was quoted as saying: “What I see is a lack of unified action and coordination from the top down.
“Now, it looks like only four ministers are working. There is one minister whose job is to open the ‘backdoor’ and that’s a senior minister,” said Puad without elaborating further.
PETALING JAYA: The government should do away with the four senior ministers’ roles now that it has appointed a deputy prime minister, says an Umno supreme council member.
“A DPM has been appointed. Is there really a need to have four senior ministers? Isn’t this a waste (of resources)?” asked Puad Zarkashi.
“What are their roles and powers, aside from getting police escorts?”
He said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Cabinet of 70 people, comprising 31 ministers and 38 deputy ministers, was too big.
Puad said during the pandemic, the senior ministers’ roles, as well as ministerial-level appointments, should be done away with.
“The lack of coordination is why the government has failed,” he said, adding this was an issue a high-ranking Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) officer had recently raised.
He was referring to the remarks made by ATM’s management of health services division head, Brigadier General Dr Mohd Arshil Moideen in a recent Astro Awani report.
Arshil, who was speaking on the Covid-19 situation in the country, was quoted as saying: “What I see is a lack of unified action and coordination from the top down.
“Now, it looks like only four ministers are working. There is one minister whose job is to open the ‘backdoor’ and that’s a senior minister,” said Puad without elaborating further.
Earlier last week, defence minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed DPM while foreign affairs minister Hishammuddin Hussein was made a senior minister for security.
The other senior ministers in the Cabinet are Azmin Ali (economy), Fadillah Yusof (infrastructure development) and Radzi Jidin (education).
The most 'M.I.A' minister has been Radzi Jidin
Hopping from UMNO to PRIBUMI Bersatu, he lost in 2018 GE - only obtained 12% of the votes, wakakaka.
But being in Atuk's PRIBUMI Bersatu, the loser was backdoor-ed in as a Senator and became a deputy minister of economic affairs. When Atuk abandoned Pakatan to its betrayed demise, the loser was elevated to Senior Minister (Education) - thanks 'Tuk. Mucho problems in schools, including sexual abuses of students, but seemingly, perpetually M.I.A
Yes please get rid of Jidin and promote Mah Hang Song to Minister. He has done nothing. After 1.5 years still no sound on UEC recognition.
ReplyDeleteprior to GE14, Nie Ching the DAP Tigress vowed that recognition for the UEC would be achieved within a year. During DAP's participation in the Atuk govt post GE14, Nie Ching was even deputy education minister, but sadly even with a strength of 42 in the Atuk govt, nothing regarding the UEC was achieved other than recriminations - problem? The Tigress metamorphosed into a useless Tikus, wakakaka, and focused on kasut hitam, wakakaka again
DeleteBoasted, Bragged, Bullshitted, Tigress-Tikus pandai auta
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