Maszlee, why, why, why…
MY initial reaction to Dr Maszlee Malik’s resignation was that it was non-issue, since there were resignations of deputy prime ministers and even sackings before this.
Earlier this year, there was the matriculation quota issue. Last year, he stood his ground after repeated calls and a cabinet decision to relinquish the IIUM presidency. There was also issue on Sijil Peperiksaan Bersepadu and the latest is khat. The latter was viewed negatively by Chinese and Tamil education groups. Actually, the decision on khat was made in 2015.
The cabinet is the highest policy-making body under our system of governance. Formulation and implementation of policies are at ministerial level. I think it is at this level he formulated policies that are not in tandem with the wants of the cabinet. Only the black shoe and khat issues grabbed news headlines. But I am encouraged that our Raja Permaisuri Agong has started to use Jawi.
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