No need for ministers, govt officials to hit election trail always, says Anwar
Anwar said office-bearers who spend a lot of time on election campaigns would 'be bad' for the administration. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
BANGI, May 15 — Pakatan Harapan leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim does not see a necessity for ministers and politicians with government posts to be the ones actively campaigning whenever polls are called. The PKR president said office-bearers who spend a lot of time on election campaigns would “also be bad” for the administration, though he agreed with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that there could be some leeway for top government leaders to join the campaign trail during office hours.
“There should be a process or procedure that could be deemed to be fair, but [if] you really open [it], then the ministers can just virtually spend all the time campaigning, which is also bad. “If they want to do that, they should take leave. But if they do it as part of a programme, then probably it is acceptable,” said Anwar, who added that there should be further discussions with the Election Commission and stakeholders.
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