I wonder what it takes for a politician to totally lose all sense of dignity and principal. They must have had some form of moral standing previously. I'm sure they too had parents who tried to teach them to be good people as well.
Imagine the stakes for a politician... voted into position by the people, thinking... well not actually... rather, hoping, that he would have their best interests in mind, the idea of having an entire nation holding them accountable for their actions.
Look at the previous Public Works Minister... Dear old Samy. The butt of criticism of the entire nation. Does it bother him? No... He's happy ripping off millions (well to be fair I really can't say that for sure, haven't had a chance to audit his assets, but if he isn't, he's just stupid and not very competent then) in the course of overseeing the development of shoddy highways and government projects across the country.
Everybody on the streets see how badly managed the finances of the projects are, they come in over budget and at sub par quality. Highways crumble and nothing seems to ever be done right, requiring new developments to be torn up to enable the laying of some pipe or wires or whatever else. You would think that he and his bunch of monkeys have some idea of how to get the job done right once and for all right? Apparently not, leaves me thinking that something was compromised and for what else if not money?
Whatever happened to the idea of "Ministerial Responsibility"...? Seems like it doesn't apply in this country. Ministers apparently are not held accountable, who's there to be accountable to when the they don't recognise the very people that put them in power.
Khir Toyo, another prime example of a useless corrupt politician. Spends twenty plus million on his mansion. Ringing alarm bells across the country. But apparently not enough in the offices of MACC for someone to push him out the window (wouldn't be a huge deal to anybody, except for the cleaners maybe, having to deal with all the bull shit coming out his arse).
I don't really care that they made millions, well... I hope it's millions and nothing more... What irks me is really the state of hypocrisy of the administration.
Look at these statutory bodies, they go after the small fries that will never make an impact on anything, while the real culprits go scott free.
What's really at stake here? Entire communities could be empowered through provision of basic amenities, the provision of services like education and healthcare. Instead the millions are now siphoned off by the echelon to feed their lurid wants.
Where is the justice?
Is there not one person of upright character in the government today? How did we get so jaded that we just don't seem to care enough to make sure the right people represent us anymore.
The people need to understand that the ultimate mandate lies in their hands. It might take time to wrest the power back from these people but for now I think a check and balance based on the morality of the people is in very short supply.
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