PUTRAJAYA, Mon.:
The government is determined to carry out reforms and reengineering in its political, administrative and policy aspects to regain public confidence following last month's general election, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the government has the political will and commitment to undertake the reforms after receiving the general election results in an open manner.“The people’s voice is of utmost importance and determines everything in the system of parliamentary democracy,” he said at the Monthly Assembly of the Prime Minister’s Department here.He said the government is determined to carry out soul-searching and listen to the voice of the people and it is not merely paying lip-service but is responding to the people’s voice in a sincere and bold manner.“Our reform has not gone far enough compared to the people’s aspirations,” he said.
Najib said the people are now more educated and becoming more concerned about developments in the country and thus, whatever promises made by the government must be fulfilled.The government is committed in providing service to the people without marginalising any group, he said.He wants the civil servants to understand the people’s “psyche” because they did not show their feelings through demonstrations but through the general election.The Deputy Prime Minister said more “people-centric projects” will be implemented including providing houses and the `Hardcore Poor Housing Programmes”. “The government will ensure that its efforts will provide prosperity to the people,” he said.Najib said the government is aware that the opposition were using the “populist approach” while the government adopted the “correct approach” and “prudence approach” in the country’s financial management.“We have to convince the people that our approach is the best for the country’s future,” he said.In implementing the reforms and reengineering, the government must look into the woes of the people who felt that the country’s economy was not growing although the economic growth was between 5.5 and six per cent.“Similarly, we succeeded in bringing down the poverty rate significantly but on the ground, the situation was not commensurate or in tangent with the rate.Very soon, he said, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wanted reforms in the judiciary to be implemented so that the people would have greater confidence in the country’s judicial system.Najib said the government is hoping for the cooperation of all members of the civil service in implementing the reforms.
The government is determined to carry out reforms and reengineering in its political, administrative and policy aspects to regain public confidence following last month's general election, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the government has the political will and commitment to undertake the reforms after receiving the general election results in an open manner.“The people’s voice is of utmost importance and determines everything in the system of parliamentary democracy,” he said at the Monthly Assembly of the Prime Minister’s Department here.He said the government is determined to carry out soul-searching and listen to the voice of the people and it is not merely paying lip-service but is responding to the people’s voice in a sincere and bold manner.“Our reform has not gone far enough compared to the people’s aspirations,” he said.
Najib said the people are now more educated and becoming more concerned about developments in the country and thus, whatever promises made by the government must be fulfilled.The government is committed in providing service to the people without marginalising any group, he said.He wants the civil servants to understand the people’s “psyche” because they did not show their feelings through demonstrations but through the general election.The Deputy Prime Minister said more “people-centric projects” will be implemented including providing houses and the `Hardcore Poor Housing Programmes”. “The government will ensure that its efforts will provide prosperity to the people,” he said.Najib said the government is aware that the opposition were using the “populist approach” while the government adopted the “correct approach” and “prudence approach” in the country’s financial management.“We have to convince the people that our approach is the best for the country’s future,” he said.In implementing the reforms and reengineering, the government must look into the woes of the people who felt that the country’s economy was not growing although the economic growth was between 5.5 and six per cent.“Similarly, we succeeded in bringing down the poverty rate significantly but on the ground, the situation was not commensurate or in tangent with the rate.Very soon, he said, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wanted reforms in the judiciary to be implemented so that the people would have greater confidence in the country’s judicial system.Najib said the government is hoping for the cooperation of all members of the civil service in implementing the reforms.
