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Political corruption in the way of physical
development
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said Malays had no
choice but to move forward and emerge as a developed race by the
year 2020. They should not waste the available opportunities to
realise this objective.
Abdullah, who is president of the Malay-based United Malays
National Organization (UMNO) political party, was speaking at
its 60th anniversary gathering in Johor Baru, today (May 11).
First of all, to be a "developed race" you must be educated,
dedicated, hard working, honest and trustworthy. Yes UMNO is
blessed with a number of educated leaders who are dedicated and
hard working. But, how many of them are honest and trustworthy
in the real meaning of the words.
One has to look at each and every UMNO divisional leders, state
leaders and supreme council members. Look at their dwellings,
the cars that they drive, where do they go for holidays, then
trace their status and living conditions before that. You will
be taken aback.
Abdullah has to be serious to rid his party of corrupted
leaders. Many people believed that UMNO will be left with a
handful of leaders who are really clean, honest and trustworthy.
The government should award tenders and contracts to genuine
contractors and businessmen not to politicians who set up a
shell company and then sub-contract the job to other contractors
for a quick and easy profit. Problems such as the MRR2 fly-over,
the Kuching prison headquarters, the Royal Malaysia Navy base in
Johor, the Lumut Naval Dockyard episode, and hundreds of delayed
or uncompleted schools, houses, hospitals and clinics would not
have occurred.
Stop giving import permits, business and other licences to
companies or individuals with political links unless they are
genuine businessmen not sleeping partners or those who want to
make quick profits.
It is an uphill task to realise the objective of a developed
race when your political party is corrupted.
Imran Alsagoff
http://kudaranggi.blogspot.com/2006/05/political-corruption-in-way-of.html
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