Not that Tony who is his good buddy and a new shareholder in ECM Libra Avenue. He is pointing his gun towrds his fellow alumnus Tony Pua over his press statement regarding the civil service pay rise. This is what The Star reported:
Umno Youth wants DAP and its economic adviser Tony Pua to apologise to Malaysians for his remarks that the civil service has been “a dumping ground for the politically sensitive constituency of unemployed Malay graduates.”Ironically, that supposedly offensive statement was supported by Najib's call to the Public Services Department last year to speed up the recruitment of graduates in order to overcome the problem of unemployed graduates which, in Najib's own words, a big bulk of them are bumiputeras. You can read more about that here.
Its deputy Khairy Jamaluddin said Pua’s comments, implying that civil servants were the employees of last choice and unable to seek gainful employment elsewhere, were totally unacceptable and without basis.
This latest sandiwara is nothing more than the usual political posturing, with a dash of "protecting the race" thrown into the mix. Never mind the fact that Tony's press statement was positive and constructive overall. That is how the political game is played. But it does signal one thing though, that Tony's profile as a "somebody" in national politics is gaining ground. He may yet have to thank KJ for the extra limelight, though he just said he has no intention of apologizing! ;-)
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