SUBANG JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today there is still room for improvement in the Madani government.
Anwar also acknowledged that the promised reforms, including the separation of powers between the attorney-general and the public prosecutor, will require time to implement.
"There is still room for improvement. Am I satisfied with the performance of the ministers?
"Some ministers are excellent, some are average, and I would say the same for myself as prime minister.
"But I am satisfied with one thing. Although corruption issues have arisen, with this case and that case, what is important over the past two years is that I have not allowed the old practice of direct negotiations. I stopped all of that.
"The key point is that in the past two years, there hasn't been a single case of the prime minister taking funds for personal benefit.
"If I can maintain this, we need to continue improving," he said here.
He said no reform agenda could be completed in two years, citing the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA), which took two years to implement.
He acknowledged Bersih's 'D' rating for the government's reform agenda but noted that its indicators overlooked good governance and anti-corruption efforts.
"Regarding the separation of powers between the A-G and the public prosecutor, we have approved the policy paper.
"But we still need to establish a task force and examine best practices from other countries to assess their strengths and weaknesses."