PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today announced that the National Council of Professors, the Special Affairs Department (JASA), the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) as well as the Federal Village Development and Security Committee (JKKKP) will all be dissolved.
On the dissolution of the National Council of Professors, Dr Mahathir said he found that it had been riddled with too many political elements which led to it being abused by the previous administration.
“It started as a body which we use to gain knowledge from academicians. But of late, it has many political elements, so we do not want a repeat of this practice.
“On whether another (agency or council) will be formed, we don’t know yet,” he said.
On the dissolution of SPAD, Dr Mahathir said the commission’s functions would be taken over by the Transport Ministry.
JASA and JKKP, he said, would be dissolved due to political elements.
“JKKP will be dissolved because of political elements, not because of its administration. We have civil servants who can perform these roles. We will also not be paying any compensation to the JKKP as we do not want to continue the political practices of the previous administration,” he said.--Reports by Azura Abas, Manirajan Ramsamy, Mohd Husni Mohd Noor and Hazwan Faisal Mohamad