Cuepacs denies civil servants under pressure to vote BN

Its president Azih Muda says PSD director-general's statement was manipulated by opposition.

Azih Muda says the statement made by PSD director-general Zainal Rahim Seman had been manipulated and taken out of context. (Youtube Screengrab)

KUALA LUMPUR: Cuepacs today dismissed an allegation from Pakatan Harapan (PH) that civil servants had been put under pressure to vote for Barisan Nasional in the 14th general election (GE14).

Cuepacs president Azih Muda said a statement made by Public Service Department director-general Zainal Rahim Seman had been manipulated and taken out of context.

“Their (opposition) action is an attempt to slander and seemingly interfere in government affairs in order to drag civil servants into politics.

“Zainal’s statement touched on the need for civil servants to appreciate the existing government, meaning they should respond in terms of productivity, hard work and commitment, with the government having taken care of their welfare,” Azih said at a press conference.

DAP labour bureau vice-chairman Amran Ahmad Nor had issued a statement recently saying the democratic rights of the 1.6 million civil servants had to be safeguarded with the setting up of a Civil Servants Defenders Action Committee.

He claimed to have received complaints from teachers about attempts by certain quarters to intimidate them into not voting for any other party but the BN.

Azih said the government of today always looked after the welfare of civil servants by providing various forms of assistance and had made improvements to the public service sector.

“We are deeply indebted to the existing government which has always opened up opportunities for negotiations between workers and employers,” he said, adding that the government had also given consideration to many matters that had enabled civil servants to get out of poverty. -FMT