# Political Appointments - are they politically motivated?

An episode of [The Simon Says Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1532949645), 24 May 2023, 29 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/37b97c74/podcast/play/70970920/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-4-24%2F331375684-44100-2-f43d8561dfe16.mp3

Agriculture and food security minister Mohamad Sabu has defended the recent appointments of Pakatan Harapan leaders to statutory bodies under his ministry. The political appointments in federal statutory bodies have drawn strong criticism from the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih). "It's an abuse of public office and trust, bordering on hidden corruption, if the government simply appoints any party operatives, such as former aides of top leaders, to statutory bodies just to financially sustain their political works," the electoral watchdog added. Whilst the appointment of board members of the FSBs are governed by their respective regulation act, suggesting that political appointments are right by law, we discuss in this episode is it is right by the court of public opinion.

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