KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has today downplayed a call for him to break the Malay monopoly in civil service as merely a personal view.

The prime minister clarified that Pakatan Harapan component DAP does not share the view of Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy who made the call.

"That is his personal view. If there is a need to weigh in [the matter] we will weigh in on it.

"But that is not DAP's view and the matter was not brought up,” Anwar told reporters here after officiating the Housewife Social Security Scheme and MyFutureJobs 2023 Career Carnival.

Ramasamy was reported asking for Anwar to reform the civil service, saying the sector is currently dominated by the Malays due to what he said were policies implemented by former leader Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Anwar added that the views of Ramasamy would not simply influence DAP or the government's decisions on policies.

"I don't think in this area there is a problem, but we will not stop people from speaking up or offering views.

"They can [offer views], but it will not influence DAP or the government," he said.

Ramasamy was reported saying that there had been a policy of "counterbalancing" the Chinese community's economic dominance by bringing in foreign investors, as well as through the growth of government-linked companies.

He also said that Anwar was aware of the need to break the Malays' monopoly of the civil service, and disagreed with the excuse that non-Malays shy away from the civil service due to a lack of promotional prospects.