Review the position of political appointees individually


AFTER GE14, there has been a lot of attention on political appointments in the public sector. The new go­­vernment has made it a priority to reduce expenditure and wastage. One of its major moves in these early days is to terminate the contracts of 17,000 officers who are said to be political appointees.

In a May 16 press conference, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said there were too many contract officers in government service.

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