Senior government officials usually won't dare criticise the government or the prime minister when they are still in service; some are afraid of not getting promotions while others just don't want to land in the 'cold room' until reaching the retirement age.
We have seen many instances where former senior public servants chose to join the Opposition or start firing at their former paymaster upon retirement.
I think its better to show some guts while we are still in service because we could lend a hand in improving whatever aspect of the administration that we want to improve. Doing it when we are already out of the door will bring no significance.
A few former Cabinet members too had joined the Opposition upon retirement. Nothing's wrong with that but still, no point chattering now when we are no longer in power.
And why must we be afraid to avow our displeasure at certain policies, especially the ones under our jurisdiction? When u make noise outside a 'sealed' door, nobody would listen, right?
We have seen many instances where former senior public servants chose to join the Opposition or start firing at their former paymaster upon retirement.
I am not questioning their rights to criticise or the substance of the critic but why after they retired? If you want positive changes to the administration, do it while you are there!
There could be some truths in Rashid's words but considering it came from him - one of the most senior government officer under Najib - I cant avoid but suspect something is up his (Rashid's) sleeve.Without mincing his words, former Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman today told Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to stop lying to the public about the real situation in the country."Please stop lying to the rakyat and go do your work. Please also tell the Malay leaders to be honest and do whatever they can (to help the Malays)," said Abdul Rashid, a Perkasa vice-president, at the Malay rights group's annual general meeting today.
Abdul Rashid also told the government to stop harping about a report which said Malaysians were earning about RM24,000 per capita.
Without stating the study or where he got the figures from, Abdul Rashid told Putrajaya to stop "bragging" about the figure as it was a big lie.
Abdul Rashid took issue with corruption in Umno and the government, saying he did not mind if Umno supporters were to get upset with him for openly criticising Najib, saying he had nothing to hide.
"Now, I am very loud in criticising people but no one dares to come to me and criticise me because I do not take a percentage or steal other people's money. I have nothing to hide," said Abdul Rashid, adding that he had confronted Najib before on previous occasions."I told him right to his face. I also told him that if he doesn't like me he could just demote me but instead of demoting me, I was promoted," said the retired election commissioner, who managed six of Malaysia's general elections.
I think its better to show some guts while we are still in service because we could lend a hand in improving whatever aspect of the administration that we want to improve. Doing it when we are already out of the door will bring no significance.
A few former Cabinet members too had joined the Opposition upon retirement. Nothing's wrong with that but still, no point chattering now when we are no longer in power.
And why must we be afraid to avow our displeasure at certain policies, especially the ones under our jurisdiction? When u make noise outside a 'sealed' door, nobody would listen, right?