Where is PL in the parliament? omg, sleeping or travelling overseas with his own private jet again.

When can PR leader ride on that private jet?

“the police and other bodies” rely on basic funds provided by the govt.

Their children oso need pocket money to buy a new computer or buy a motorbike, or toys.

This is the best move by BN, to inflate the cost of living, so that life will be difficult, the only way to have an easier life is to obey the BN govt. or thru other channels.

In Penang, already BN NGOs & BN opposition are working together to catch any weakness in Opposition leader like Karpal Singth.

Remember the IGP made a public statement a few weeks back they are ready for IPCMC but so far it seems to have gone with the wind.

Maybe this reflects the degree of corruption in the police and other bodies?
http://malaysiawatch3.blogspot.com/2008/05/does-this-reflect-corruption-in-police.html

Its the first crack on promises again. Here we go again, the same thing four years ago – all promises and then backtracking. I say the opposition should ask for election in two years and we will see a “Typhoon” next election…

This sounds stupid and ignorant (intentional or otherwise).
The opposition had already realized and proposed a near ideal and effective solution to prevent corruption by suggesting total independence of the MCAC.

Rats are very good at sensing a lembek-cat-leader and they will come out to play in full force even taunting the leader, catch me if you can.

Asking the opposition or public to fight graft without total independence of the MCAC is like asking everyone to use bucket to scoop away water from severe floodings instead of preventing the flood in the first place.

LKS, you must persist in pushing for absolute independence of the MCAC. With a critical moral problem like corruption, we cannot compromise there must be a near perfect and foolproof solution to fight corruption.

When that happens, i will blow whistle again.

I believe that fear of losing support from UMNO members and fear of being blackmailed by them are the two main obstacles that have prevented PL from executing his anti-corruption plan.

PL has said he would contest for UMNO presidency in December 2008. Surely he cannot come down hard on UNMO members who are now enjoying all the “perks” and “goodies”, or else he will lose in the presidential election.

Tun said PL’s son obtained a 1 billion ringgit contract from the government but Tun did not mention how the contract was awarded. Could this contract be the basis of a blackmail if PL pushes too hard on UMNO members to stay away from corruption – no one knows.

I think we are dealing with a very complex issue here. As much as “political will” to eradicate corruption can not and will not come automatically or naturally, we also can not assume that when business and government intertwined, it will ipso facto breed corruption.

Political will can only be nurtured and inculcated through proper and vigorous selection process of men and women of character for leadership positions. If the present leaders are hopelessly corrupted, no amount of talk will bring about change in political will.

On the other hand, government and business can co-exist without automatically giving rise to rampant corruption as shown in Singapore. Successions of good leaders through years of nurturing plus a robust mechanism put in place to seek out corrupt practices and bring quick end to those involved are shown to be effective in combating corruption.

Can you all sense it? BN is back on its feet, thinking that out of 3 layers of defences, the first has been breached – but they will survive. In fact, they have settled into that pattern of thinking, because otherwise they would still be busy making amends to Malaysians right now.

What we need is a total transformation, for Pakatan Rakyat to rise from the opposition into the government. Then, just maybe then, we get to see some real changes. And I mention some, being the real skeptic that I am – but that would still be better than what we are getting now – more hot air with absolutely zero to show.

Political can only be nurtured and inculcated through proper and vigorous selection process of men and women for leadership positions. If the present leaders are hopelessly corrupted, no amount of talk will bring about change in political will.

On the other hand, government and business can co-exist without automatically giving rise to rampant corruption as shown in Singapore. Successions of good leaders through years of nurturing plus a robust mechanism put in place to seek out corrupt practices and bring quick end to those involved are shown to be effective in combating corruption.

The agency we thought was engaged in fighting corruption instead became nothing more than a corporation whose ‘business’ is to protect the lucrative business of the shareholders.

A former CEO of the corporation has found another just as important and new role for the organization he supervised i.e. to keep the board directors in line and not let them stray too much lest they develop the desire for a hostile take-over. The current CEO continues in his footsteps by continuing to sow the seeds of corruption but he himself is unable to control those who sow the seeds with him.

We can tighten our belts, but they can’t. They can’t because they have to keep dishing out the goodies to maintain the support for their positions.