THE S.D.O. & A CHAIR FOR THE C.M.? HMM....

THE S.D.O. & A CHAIR FOR THE C.M.? HMM....


TO say the least, amusing. That's how I would describe the spat between Penang CM Lim Guan Eng and State Development Officer Nik Ali Mat Yunus, a federal appointee. How Nik was appointed means that no matter how much Lim hates his face, there is nothing the egoistic politician can do so that he sees only the ass of Nik.



Safe to assume that most of us don't know exactly why Lim doesn't like Nik but one would expect a foreign trained accountant and a seasoned politician like Lim to offer the public better reasons. What we do know is that it is not within the scope of the SDO's job specifications to see to it that a chair is there, reserved for the Right Honourable CM, at a launch for which the SDO is not expected to micro manage.



And illegal sand-mining? Isn't that within the jurisdiction of the land office or the district office? How could Lim then drag Nik into the picture and hold him responsible?



And the demolition of arches at a botanical gardens? C'mon Lim, that too the fault or responsibility of the SDO?



I don't want to get into the moral side of the issue, the words one says the other shouldn't be using, but at least Mohd. Sidek Hassan, as Chief Secretary to the Government and thus the country's senior-most civil servant and Nik's boss, has come to the latter's defence. It was a decision backed by the Cabinet at its last meeting.



Nik may have erred but surely Lim must have better reasons than micro issues to want to belittle him in the open.
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