Khairy Jamaluddin's Latest Wira Melayu Sandiwara

Please read of the piddling and pathetic thespianic attempt by the nation's first son-in-law as he tries to suck up to the civil service by trying to defend the undefendable and shamelessly denying a fact of Malaysian life. Taken from TheStar:

Umno Youth wants DAP and its economic adviser Tony Pua to apologise to Malaysians for his remarks that the civil service has been “a dumping ground for the politically sensitive constituency of unemployed Malay graduates.”

Its deputy Khairy Jamaluddin said Pua’s comments, implying that civil servants were the employees of last choice and unable to seek gainful employment elsewhere, were totally unacceptable and without basis.

“There are many civil servants who choose to forgo lucrative careers in the private sector and serve the Government instead because of their desire to give back to society and to the country,” he said.

He said Pua’s comments made a mockery of the dedication, commitment and sacrifices made by these civil servants who chose to put the needs of the nation above themselves.

Khairy was commenting on Pua’s remarks, which were published in an Internet website on Tuesday, that the civil service was getting bloated. Pua, in his comments over the salary rise for government servants, said the civil service had been expanding rapidly since the 1990s and the growth had accelerated under the current Prime Minister’s leadership.

He also blamed the Government for failing to trim the civil service on the policy of making it “a dumping ground for the politically sensitive constituency of unemployed Malay graduates.”

“Pua’s negative comments about the civil service can cause considerable damage to the morale and image of the public sector,” said Khairy.

***** What Khairy is trying to do is what incompetent and unpopular politicians have attempted in the past with mixed success -- stirring shit where it does not exist. Compensating for his lack of genuine acumen and skill, he latched upon this topic of no consequence and is trying to turn it into a mountain of controversy which he presumes would give him good copy in the press and a fillip to his own electoral ambitions.

There is absolutely nothing wrong or misleading in what Tony Pua said. He merely stated a fact which everyone including Khairy already very well know. The much bigger than desired civil service had its first boost of over staffing during Dr Mahathir's early years as PM when he issued the self-serving "Isi Penuh" orders to bolster his already strong position among public servants. Since then there has been no looking back and at every turn where there was a need to accommodate unemployable and unemployed Malay mahasiswa and mahasiswi, the civil service was the dumping ground and as a consequence the Government slowly bloated out of control.

The above account is the reality of the situation and if Khairy wants to deny it, make use of it for his own benefit or hopes to capitalize on it to take a cheap shot at the opposition, let him go ahead. But really, he'll only end up making an ass of himself which he has remarkably succeeded in doing on several occasions in the past. After all you simply cannot expect to keep an obstinate and determined donkey down for long.
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