Nurul Izzah’s appointment not nepotism, says Anwar
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has drawn flak for making his daughter, Nurul Izzah, his senior finance and economics adviser.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has defended the appointment of his daughter, Nurul Izzah, as his senior adviser, saying there is no nepotism involved.
“Nepotism is where (a family member) is given a position to abuse power, enrich themselves, obtain contracts and get paid a huge sum.
“This is not the case,” he told reporters after attending the National Sports Awards at the National Sports Council here.
Anwar also hit out at his critics, adding that past prime ministers and ministers who awarded their family members “hundreds of millions of ringgit” worth of contracts were in no position to talk about transparency.
He said Nurul Izzah’s role as his adviser was to help ensure government projects and tenders were done in an orderly manner.
“I guarantee that (my) administration, even though some are unhappy with my decision, will fight corruption, abuse of power and the enrichment of any leader or officer,” he said.
Earlier, the head of Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) questioned Anwar’s decision to appoint Nurul Izzah as his senior economics and finance adviser despite his stand against nepotism.
TI-M president Muhammad Mohan said the prime minister had always spoken up against nepotism and cronyism, so this did not look good on him.
Although he regarded Nurul Izzah as a person of integrity, Muhammad said the perception arising from her appointment showed that nepotism was “back”.
Muhammad added that it would not have been an issue if the PKR vice-president was appointed to another ministry.
He hoped that Anwar would respond to the brickbats and urged him to rescind Nurul Izzah’s appointment as soon as possible.
Nurul Izzah previously served as Lembah Pantai MP for two terms (2008-2018) and one term as Permatang Pauh MP. She failed to defend her Permatang Pauh seat in the 15th general election (GE15), after losing to a Perikatan Nasional candidate.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has defended the appointment of his daughter, Nurul Izzah, as his senior adviser, saying there is no nepotism involved.
“Nepotism is where (a family member) is given a position to abuse power, enrich themselves, obtain contracts and get paid a huge sum.
“This is not the case,” he told reporters after attending the National Sports Awards at the National Sports Council here.
Anwar also hit out at his critics, adding that past prime ministers and ministers who awarded their family members “hundreds of millions of ringgit” worth of contracts were in no position to talk about transparency.
He said Nurul Izzah’s role as his adviser was to help ensure government projects and tenders were done in an orderly manner.
“I guarantee that (my) administration, even though some are unhappy with my decision, will fight corruption, abuse of power and the enrichment of any leader or officer,” he said.
Earlier, the head of Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) questioned Anwar’s decision to appoint Nurul Izzah as his senior economics and finance adviser despite his stand against nepotism.
TI-M president Muhammad Mohan said the prime minister had always spoken up against nepotism and cronyism, so this did not look good on him.
Although he regarded Nurul Izzah as a person of integrity, Muhammad said the perception arising from her appointment showed that nepotism was “back”.
Muhammad added that it would not have been an issue if the PKR vice-president was appointed to another ministry.
He hoped that Anwar would respond to the brickbats and urged him to rescind Nurul Izzah’s appointment as soon as possible.
Nurul Izzah previously served as Lembah Pantai MP for two terms (2008-2018) and one term as Permatang Pauh MP. She failed to defend her Permatang Pauh seat in the 15th general election (GE15), after losing to a Perikatan Nasional candidate.
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ReplyDeleteManmanlai is shedding his spurious outer coat to fart about nepotism!
"“Nepotism is where (a family member) is given a position to abuse power, enrich themselves, obtain contracts and get paid a huge sum"
Despite his gift of gap, he couldn't raise any logical & reasonable reason to dispute the fact that word is nothing if not been reenact in deed!
Guess these people r all been well indoctrinated about all-in-the-family of taking care of themselves regardless of any recognised capabilities!
Right, right
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