Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stated civil servants ought to talk up on any motion with the aid of using the cohesion authorities determined to be in violation of the law.

Speaking on the monthly assembly with workforce of the Prime Minister’s Department right here today, Anwar, who’s additionally the finance minister, confused that he ought to additionally now no longer be spared.

“My emphasis is on enforcement. What I learned, specially on the finance ministry, is that there are numerous questionable files,” he stated.

“It is straightforward accountable the officers. But if there’s an practise from a minister or the high minister, the officer has to comply.

“However, I even have now made it clean that even though there’s an practise, even from the high minister himself, and it might represent a contravention of the law, then permit me know.”

Anwar additionally stated the posts of senior non-public secretary and important senior non-public secretary withinside the Prime Minister’s Office, the deputy high minister’s office, and the ministers’ places of work ought to best be stuffed with the aid of using administrative and diplomatic officers.

“This is to make certain coordination. However, it’ll best paintings if there’s complete cooperation from colleagues,” he stated, expressing his gratitude to civil servants for his or her enthusiasm and reaction to his criticisms.

He stated the us of a will now no longer development if there are too many leakages withinside the administration.

“As I even have stated before, that is whilst contracts are made with fee this is too excessive or wherein the charge isn’t reasonable.

“I am now no longer pointing arms at anyone. It is a fact. You can not prevail as a country if there are such a lot of leakages,” he stated.

On the cohesion authorities’s Cabinet retreat at Seri Perdana Complex yesterday, which become additionally attended with the aid of using numerous branch heads, Anwar stated it become to reinforce consensus and cohesion among the government department of the authorities and civil servants.

He stated comparable retreats could be held with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the attorney-general.