PUTRAJAYA, Dec 23 — Cabinet members should not limit themselves to the views of yes-men and will produce other advisers who may very well be critical of their choices on insurance policies, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mentioned immediately.
Speaking to senior editors in a dialogue session, Anwar conceded that members of his administration have been grappling with their tasks of their first 12 months of authorities.
“My recommendation to them is to be able to hearken to the secretaries-general and directors-general.
“Always have another group of friends who can advise them and be extra critical,” he mentioned within the Seri Perdana Complex right here.
Anwar additionally suggested his Cabinet to not arbitrarily override insurance policies which were applied by Putrajaya.
He mentioned prior to now, newly-appointed ministers have fallen prey to 2 conditions: that they have been subservient to the whims of civil servants working their ministries, or they selected as an alternative to disregard them and use one other avenue to bulldoze their insurance policies.
In addition, Anwar additionally mentioned that the Cabinet members should recognise the necessity to work with different ministries and businesses outside their very own, pointing to the digitalisation of the federal government that isn’t the only real accountability of the Digital Ministry at present headed by Gobind Singh Deo.
He additionally lauded Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for wrangling the varied initiatives on technical and vocational training and coaching (TVET) by chairing a committee on the programmes.
Earlier this month, Zahid who chairs the National TVET Council Committee, mentioned that the National TVET Policy is anticipated to be launched in June 2024.
Zahid clarified that this was not a brand new coverage however the coordination of TVET training actions between 12 ministries and 1,344 TVET establishments throughout the nation.
Anwar had final week introduced a reshuffled Cabinet, which noticed the formation of two new ministries and the return of a number of former Cabinet members specifically Titiwangsa MP Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, Damansara MP Gobind Singh Deo and Kuala Selangor MP Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Previous Human Resources minister V. Sivakumar is the one Cabinet member to be dropped following a corruption investigation over alleged money kickbacks from an unnamed businessman who had been detained alongside two ministerial aides.
