Consider This: Should politicians sit on boards of federal statutory bodies?

Political appointments to government-linked bodies have long been associated with patronage politics in Malaysia. Who should sit on the boards of Malaysia’s public institutions and how should they be chosen? IDEAS’ latest report, ‘Who Sits at the Table? From Political to Public Appointees in Malaysia’s Federal Statutory Bodies’, examines 135 FSBs under its Pantau Kuasa initiative. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Aira Azhari, CEO of IDEAS Malaysia, and Pushpan Murugiah, CEO of The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center).