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End political appointments and patronage to GLC - Bersih

  Press Release from BERSIH 25 May 2023 TIME TO END POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS AND PATRONAGE TO GOVERNMENT-LINKED COMPANIES The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH) questions the need for Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim to perpetuate the practice by previous administrations to make political appointees at government-linked companies. The latest is his appointment of YB Wong Chen, a MP from his party as Non-Executive Chairman of Malaysia Debts Ventures Berhad (MDV), a GLC or state-owned enterprise. While we applaud Wong Chen's self-imposed limits to his role in that he will not chair the board committees on risk management, remuneration, audit, and financing and investments to minimise any conflict of interest issues, we wonder if there is such a dearth of talents in our country that the PM must appoint Wong Chen? We do not question Wong Chen's qualification or his ability to head such an enterprise. In fact, Wong Chen has proven to be an able MP and he has al...