Former Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd chairperson Isa Samad should have declined his appointment as the new Land Public Transportation Commission (Spad) acting chairperson and end the game of musical chairs involving top posts of government-linked companies (GLCs).

In making the call, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said Isa can then start an era where only the best candidates will be appointed as heads of GLCs, instead of the "prime minister's closest crony".

"Resigning as FGV chairperson but immediately becoming Spad chairperson is only continuing the fiasco of GLC musical chairs and the farce of the GLC Transformation Programme.

"It is another reason and example of the plummeting public confidence and credibility of the Najib premiership," he said in a statement today.

Commenting further, Lim said the
least Isa could do would be to defer taking up the new post pending an inquiry into his tenure at Felda and FGV which had resulted in the loss of billions of ringgit for some 100,000 Felda settlers...