Civil servants will no longer be appointed as local councillors or heads of local municipalities in Penang under a new directive from the Pakatan Rakyat state government. Instead, politicians will be appointed in their place. The move will take effect by end of this month when the state government makes a fresh annual appointment of councillors for Penang island under the Pulau Pinang Municpal Council (MPPP) and for the mainland under the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP). At a press conference today, co-chairperson the state-level liaison committee, also known as the Penang Pakatan Rakyat Council (PPRC), Chow Kon Yeow revealed that the failure of district officers to attend municipal council meetings regularly, thus disrupting operations and the decision-making process considerably, were the main reasons behind the latest decision. He added that since municipalities were local governments accountable to the public, politicians were the ideal choices to helm them. (Source: Malaysiakini - No to civil servants as Penang councillors). Hopefully, other PR states will follow suit, especially Selangor with MPPJ, MPSJ, MPKJ, MPS and MPK. Wow! At least, 5 municipal councils. Are there any more? I'm not sure. Too bad DBKL is under federal jurisdiction even though Kuala Lumpur is under Pakatan Rakyat. I love KL!
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