No pensions for civil servants, but multiple pensions for politicians? By Kua Kia Soong

Majority of the Civil Service is made up of One Race

Malaysiakini : COMMENT | The government is contemplating a new scheme whereby appointments in the public service will no longer be made under the permanent and pension schemes, but will be replaced with a contractual scheme.

This was announced by Public Service Department director-general Borhan Dolah. He said this is aimed at reducing the burden of pensions, which is now reaching RM28 billion. He added that existing civil servants might be given the option to switch to the new contractual scheme.

However, soon after that, the prime minister said no decision has been reached yet on the matter, and it has not been discussed by the cabinet. Will we be witnessing another of the new government’s familiar flip flops? If the government is so keen to cut the burdensome pension bill, surely they should start by doing away with the multiple pensions that politicians get and restricting them to just one pension when they retire from politics?

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