Saturday, October 11, 2008

malaysiakini and WHY Badawi Cannot Achieve REFORMS

There is this malaysiakini article entitled PM: I cannot implement all reforms.
Based on the PM's last 5 years of talking a lot but achieving few actual results, to me the article should be headed "I cannot implement any reform" and that would be a more accurate report.
The best time to have started any reform was soon after the 2004 elections but he did not take the public into his confidence to untangle the web of corruption that engulfs government agencies and across different agencies.
Even as the public welcomed the findings to recommend the IPCMC, there was hope that finally something would be done to reverse the nation's slide towards institutionalised corruption.

Thus far it has been all talk and think-tanks and super committees but very few important kingpins of corruption have been convicted. It seems that there is a "black hole" in the AG's department where cases are treated based on political connectivity.

My biggest regret was to write a letter to malaysiakini before the 2004 elections urging voters that the PM needed more time to achieve reforms.
So it is with great disappointment to note that he is now behaving just like a baker who has put cakes in the oven and then resigns without making sure the products come out right.
So don't expect any reform to be completed to any satisfactory standard but it will be a wishy-washy affair.

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