PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said as a democratic nation, there must be separation of powers between the legislative, judicial and executive.
Speaking to civil servants here, this morning, the prime minister said the separation of powers was paramount to have the check-and-balance system in place.
Failure to do so, the prime minister warned that undesired things would happen.
“If there is no separation of powers with one taking control over others, there will be no (efforts) to criticise or reprimand things that are against the country’s law,” he added.
The prime minister also said with a clean government, Malaysia could face all challenges.
In this respect, Dr Mahathir called on all civil servants to give their undivided support to him as long as his actions do not contravene with the law.
He also said possible changes were being thoroughly studied now.
But, Dr Mahathir said it was too soon to disclose what they would be as he was still gathering all information.
The prime minister expressed his hope that changes could be made without raising costs or creating new institutions.
“We should optimise the existing institutions,” he said.
Dr Mahathir had his first official meeting with civil servants today after he was sworn in as the country's seventh Prime Minister following Pakatan Harapan's (PH) win in the 14th General Election (GE14).