PM: Select committee to vet some senior appointments


  • Nation
  • Friday, 19 Jul 2019

The formulated strategies and plans would be presented to the fiscal policy committee chaired by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad(pic), while the DMO will be chaired by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng

PUTRAJAYA: Future appointments of some senior positions in the public sector will go through a select committee, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Prime Minister said the committee would look into the appointment of four main government agencies – the Election Commission chairman, the Malay­sian Anti-Corruption Commission chief commissioner, the Judicial Appoint­ments Commission and members of the Human Rights Commission.He said the government had agreed for certain positions to be referred to the select committee so that candidates who are fit and proper will be appointed.

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