Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed will take over the job of 17,000 government bureaucrats and employees employed in political consideration.
Besides, he will reduce the salary of newly cabinet ministers by 10 percent. Najib Razak will cancel or reconsider some of the projectHe will take these steps to reduce the burden of government expenditure and foreign debt. On Wednesday, at a press conference after the first cabinet meeting in commercial capital Putzaya, on Wednesday, Mahathir announced this at a press conference. News Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post and Free Malaysia Today.s taken by the government.Regarding the government employees, Mahathir said that 17,000 bureaucrats and employees who were appointed in the political administration during the previous government will be pruned.
He said, "The number of contractual employees in government manpower has become excessive. But employees like government drivers will be released.
However, one part of those who will be pruned will be employed for other purposes according to merit.
Mahathir said that the Cabinet ministers' salary will be reduced by 10 percent from now. He said, "We are seeing the country's financial problems, it will be proved in this step."According to the Malaysian Parliament's website, before the reduction of the salary, the Prime Minister's salary was 22,827 ringgit, 18,168 ringmakers of the Deputy Prime Minister, 14,907 ringleaders of ministers and 10,848 ringguns of the sub-ministers.Asking whether the government's high officials would be reduced to the salary, Mahathir said, "When I was the first prime minister in 1981, the first thing I did was cut the salaries of ministers and government senior officials.
Mahathir has said that Malaysia is currently trapped in the $ 1 trillion or 1 trillion cordial ring ($ 25.77 billion) of foreign debt.This loan is equal to 65 percent of GDP in the country. He has blamed the former Prime Minister Najib Razak for the loan amount of the mountain.
Mahathir said, "The country's money system has been abused in such a way that now our debt amount stands at 1 trillion rupees. This is a big problem for us now.He also said, 'We have never had to deal with such problems before. Earlier we did not face more than 300 billion ringgit loans.Mahathir took oath as prime minister in the general election earlier this month, taking a big victory from the opposition alliance. She is taking steps to speed up the fragile economy of the country. Prior to the election of the mahthi, the increase of the people's growing livelihood against the ruling government and allegations of Najib's state funding 'One Malaysia Development Behad' (OneMDB), billions of dollars worth of income.