KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 ― Datuk Seri Idris Jala will no longer be a Cabinet minister and senator when his second term expires next month, but will still carry on as chief executive officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).
Idris was sworn in as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department back in September 2009 as part of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's new Cabinet line up after assuming the role as Prime Minister.
“Today was my last cabinet meeting. Constitutional limit of 6 years as senator/minister. I will continue as CEO of Pemandu,” Idris wrote on Twitter a few minutes ago.
Pemandu started operations on September 16, 2009 to spearhead the implementation of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).
It was also tasked with establishing and implementing key performance indicators (KPI) for the various federal ministries, and to facilitate entry point projects (EPP) and business opportunities that have been identified as key drivers towards Malaysia’s goal of becoming a high-income nation by 2020.
There have been recent calls for Putrajaya to to re-evaluate whether or not it needs Pemandu as some have claimed that has not helped improve the government’s administration in any way.
Back in October last year, Kulim Bandar Baru MP Datuk Abdul Aziz Sheikh Fadzir said Pemandu has only created rifts between the various ministries and government departments, who feel their roles and responsibilities had been hijacked by the agency.
