1,900 village development and security committee (JKKKP) members are currently in limbo and face the sack as the federal government has decided to abolish the system.

Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir said his administration is looking into policy changes at the JKKKPs to improve the delivery of services to the people "without any more political interference."

"In the past, some JKKKPs have indulged in too much politics that the people's welfare had been neglected, as they did not support the state government," Mukhriz said at a press conference in Alor Setar, Kedah today.

"We should provide services to anyone who needs it, irrespective of their political allegiance," he said.

"JKKKPs in the state are currently put on hold pending the decision by the federal government.

"Kedah seems to have the most JKKKPs, at about 1,900, and they are mostly held by Umno division leaders," said Mukhriz

Yesterday, after his first cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced several federal agencies and bodies like the JKKKPs would be abolished.

He said this following the government's austerity drive, which included ministers taking a pay cut of 10 percent.

'Learn from BN's defeat'

Meanwhile, Mukhriz also touched on integrity values of the Kedah government, which he said is very important.

He said to make any programme successful in Kedah, "integrity is the key" and the basis.

"Without integrity, we would not be able to achieve the level of success in our programmes as we hope to," he said.

"Without integrity, this would eventually be a loss to the state government and will burden the people."

Mukhriz reminded that post-GE14, the issue of integrity has become even more important, saying the reason behind the previous BN government's loss was due to the people's loss of confidence in the ruling coalition.

"If we do not focus on integrity, we may also face the same reaction from the people come GE15, so we should learn some lessons from the previous GE," he said.

"Also, we have been given clear instructions from the prime minister on the matter, and we will use to set an example in Kedah," he added.

Mukhriz said the state will strive to fulfil promises made during GE14, as the people had given Pakatan Harapan the mandate to govern.

He added that some of Harapan's promises can be fulfilled in the first 100 days in government, while others would take time, but the state would attempt to fulfil them within the five-year term.

"One of the immediate issues to be addressed is water (supply), and we will form a committee to conduct a technical audit on the problem to understand it further and to see what we can do to resolve them in the shortest time possible," Mukhriz said.