Political analysts are split over whether newly-minted auditor-general Madinah Mohamad should remain in the job since she was exposed to be a Kepong Umno member.

Some are saying that the top officer of the National Audit Department should be non-partisan while others opined that her political leaning should not be a problem, as long as the law and regulations allow it.

"We have to look at what the General Orders for the public service, and laws, say about it. If the general order says the top officer can be a party member, why (are we) questioning her?" said Mohamed Mustafa Ishak of the National Professors Council (MPN).