MPs from both sides want Major Public Appointments Committee to have more power

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KUALA LUMPUR: It is important that the Major Public Appointments Committee be allowed to scrutinise appointments to top posts of government agencies t...

: It is important that the Major Public Appointments Committee be allowed to scrutinise appointments to top posts of government agencies to ensure public trust, said MPs from both sides of the divide.

“This would allow the select committee to have a frank discussion with candidates about their views in issues involving their agencies and raise concerns of the committee members,“ he told theSun. Santiago pointed out that the appointments made by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad cannot be changed or challenged by the committee.He said this issue had come to the fore because of the appointment of Latheefa Koya as Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner.“At the present the prime minister has absolute discretion to appoint officers to head government agencies.”

 

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