StarMetro, Friday June 19, 2009 No change in quota for NGO councillors
BY ELAN PERUMAL
THE Selangor Government has no plans to do away with the quota for NGOs when appointing new councillors to its 12 local authorities.
State local government committee chairman Ronnie Liu said the state valued the contribution of the NGO members who had served for a year now under the Pakatan Rakyat government.
He said these councillors had proved themselves.
Amid speculations that the state was planning to leave out the NGO representatives by replacing them with politicians, Liu said there was no truth to the allegations.
He said the NGO representatives were appointed to protect the interest of the various sections of society.
“We feel that these group of people will be able to offer valuable input on certain issues that they are familiar with.
“They have also been able to guide the local authorities towards being more caring to the less fortunate,’’ he said.
Liu added that their presence also allowed check and balance in the decision making process of the local authorities.
Overall, he said they had conducted themselves very well and deserved to be retained.
Currently, about 20% of the 288 local councillors are representatives from the various NGOs.
This is also the first time that NGO members had been appointed into the local authorities.
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