Fuziah Salleh said that when it comes to the issue of governance and management, a certain level of understanding was required.

“Good people don’t necessarily make good managers. (Being) an ulama or lawyer won’t automatically make you understand good governance,” she told FMT.

Fuziah, a former deputy religious affairs minister, was elaborating on her recent TikTok video where she said that a combination of Islam and good governance would help in improving Islamic agencies.

She said that without a proper understanding of what constituted good governance, it would be “hard to make things happen”.

“You can preach, but it doesn’t mean you can manage agencies to rectify what’s wrong,” she said.

Elaborating on this, Fuziah cited environment and water minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man as an example.

She described him as a “nice gentleman and friend”.

“But that doesn’t make him someone who will understand best practices and what they mean.

“He may be easily misled into thinking it is okay to carry out direct negotiations when he is a caretaker minister, for example.”

Fuziah said it was important that all government agencies practiced good governance, including Islamic agencies.

She then referred to the mismanagement of Tabung Haji (TH) under the Barisan Nasional administration.

“One can’t assume that Islamic agencies will automatically be managed with best practices.”

Fuziah will be defending the Kuantan seat for Pakatan Harapan in the 15th general election.