PM Najib and his cabinet-1
PM Najib needs to have a new team. He is now the undisputed number one. It is not just about kicking out or bringing in new faces. It’s also placing the right people at the right places.
Hishammuddin Hussein who is his cousin has not performed well in his home minister portfolio. He appears to be impotent and couldn’t rein in the IGP. In any other country, no chief constable to the country has assumed overt political stance. Any political stance has always been the province of the minister in charge of the police. Here in Malaysia, Hishammuddin hasn’t been up to the mark. He is no King Ghaz when the latter was the Home Minister to Tun Razak. He should be reassigned to another post. One that doesn’t require the projection of a toughie. I know he is holder of a black belt in something, but he is no match for a Muay Thai exponent.
Loyalty shouldn’t be the topmost criteria. Loyalty can be rewarded by other means – plum jobs at GLCs or ambassadorships. What is needed is leadership capabilities, skills dedication and smarts to do a job. More important, people who can operate on their own with the shared vision and ideals of the PM. Not necessarily always agreeable but loyal to a cause.
Just what is the meaning of indisposed? That’s the description given to our invisible foreign minister. For the 1st time in history, Malaysia has an exceedingly shy foreign minister. I thought this is one of the easiest jobs for any given minister. Just for hobnobbing and rubbing shoulders with other foreign ministers and diplomats at cocktail parties. It should have been a cinch job for a person like Anifah Aman who is no stranger handling himself at glorified watering holes.
Since becoming the FM, we hardly hear of him. Perhaps he is not up to the job. He once declined to be in the cabinet when Pak Lah wanted to appoint him a deputy minister. I hear that actually one of the reasons he doesn’t want to become FM is his extreme frustrations of being asked questions regarding the Altantuya murder each and every time he meets the foreign press. He can’t handle the pressure. He says he has to fend off questions regarding this Mongolian every time he lands in foreign countries.
I hear he is asking to be stationed in Mongolia. He wants a sabbatical to take up the Mongolian language and understand the culture. So its time for PM Najib to let him go.
