COMMENT | On Friday, MACC chief Azam Baki turns 60.

He would have reached the mandatory retirement age and in an interview with the New Straits Times this week, he said: “It's been 39 years and I am due for retirement soon.”

The critical phrase is “due for retirement” but the prime minister has made no secret of wanting him to stay on. Not that there are no competent people to take over, but maybe, the PM wants him to continue to complete some unfinished business.

On March 28, Anwar Ibrahim told Parliament he decided against replacing Azam to break the convention that a change of guard in the agency was necessary when a new prime minister is appointed...