Hi Everyone,
What do Somalia, Haiti, Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia share in common? Corruption cases.
Government leaders and politicians are meant to serve the people and the country. Instead, we heard of cases whereby these people misused their power and involved in corruption, graft and bribery.
Millions of money were lost when it could be used for better purposes such as education, transporation, economy and others. There were corruption cases in Malaysia and it costs us a lot of money. Costs of the Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) escalated more than 50%. Our government bought a pc and a printer for more than RM10,000. Help could not reach certain countries during disasters such as Myanmar because the leaders chose to take the opportunity to take the supplies for themselves instead of distributing it to the people in need.
Here are several things that could be done with the money wasted:
Greed is one of the main reasons for this. Politicians want to gain power and some at the expense of the people. They need to realise that what they are doing is wrong. They are selected to serve the people and yet they are involved in all these activities. They do not keep promises made during election. They do things for all the wrong reasons.
Government leaders and politicians are meant to serve the people and the country. Instead, we heard of cases whereby these people misused their power and involved in corruption, graft and bribery.
Millions of money were lost when it could be used for better purposes such as education, transporation, economy and others. There were corruption cases in Malaysia and it costs us a lot of money. Costs of the Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) escalated more than 50%. Our government bought a pc and a printer for more than RM10,000. Help could not reach certain countries during disasters such as Myanmar because the leaders chose to take the opportunity to take the supplies for themselves instead of distributing it to the people in need.
Here are several things that could be done with the money wasted:
- Eradication of poverty
- Education
- Infrastructure especially for rural areas (electricity, clean water supply, internet, agriculture)
- Transportation
- Environment
- Judiciary
Greed is one of the main reasons for this. Politicians want to gain power and some at the expense of the people. They need to realise that what they are doing is wrong. They are selected to serve the people and yet they are involved in all these activities. They do not keep promises made during election. They do things for all the wrong reasons.
There are some who just wanted to lead the government so that they can gain control and power. Some of them can oppress people and make the people suffer. Some of them can claim that there will be change, but we can be shortchanged.
Qualities of goverment leaders
A political leader must have integrity, looks to the interest of the community and the heart to serve the community. They should think in the best interest of the people. He or she should always look to the future and think of implementing policies that benefits the community and the people. This can be in terms of economy, education, transporation, green lungs, tourism, sports, techonology, infrastructure and anything else. Our leaders should encourage unity among all people regardless of social status.
He or she also needs to ensure fairness and partiality in judiaciary processes, election processes and other processes to people from all walks of life. Everything that displays transparency must be practiced. All forms of morally wrong acts must be condemned in any way.
He or she should know what the community needs. He or she should aim for harmonious and peaceful neighbourhoods. The needs of the poor should be looked upon as well with high importance. When all these are done, the government leader will gain respect from the people. Satisfaction on the government among everyone will be higher.
We can learn from countries such as New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Singapore, Norway, Netherlands and Australia. These countries are placed in the top 8 of the Corruption Perception Index 2011 by Transparency International. These 8 countries are the cleanest countries in the world. These countries have least amount of corruptions in the world. How do they do it? How can they achieve these rankings?
A little progress for Malaysia
As a developing country, a lot of things are still need to be done to progress. Our main priority is to revamp our education system, to eradicate poverty and to improve our infrastructures such as transportation, environment, roads, electricity, water and broadband connectivity (in rural areas) among others.
The transportation system here needs to be improved as well. Some of us such as myself can only go to a lrt station about 10 minutes away. We still need to drive to take public transport. Now, the government through Prasarana, the public transportation arm is improving the system by builidng the MRT and extending Sri Petaling and Kelana Jaya lines.
We have raised the importance of knowing English as well through initiatives to teach Science and Maths in English and increased learning hours for English. There is progress in Malaysia but there are still plenty to improve. We can also encourage reading English books.
Things have been done and changed for the better. Our judiciary processes have improved last year. Please read these articles in Malaysian Today and The Sun. We have successfully reduced the backlog of cases in the judiciary system. Processes have been improved. We have improved the waiting time and the efficiency of the immigration system as well when applying for passports. Processes have been improved too.
Is It Enough?
These are still not enough. We still have a long way to go. We still have leaders who do not have these qualities. We still have quite a number of corruption cases. There is still division among them. Some of them are still not up to par. Some of them do not think of the future and they think for the short term. Certain things are still not there yet at the moment.
Conclusion
SAY NO TO CORRUPTION! SAY NO TO GREED!
Please think of the community and the people. Please think of the future. Please change for the better.
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
1 comment:
Corruption is an ugly word. Corruption is stealing. It is not that people do not realize that it is wrong. It is the fallen nature of man to ignore what they know is right in order to do the thing they know is wrong. I am not sure how but we certainly have a massive cleanup to do. Political leaders have their role to play but it is certainly not to gain financial powers for themselves. Perhaps they need a gentle reminder that they have been elected to serve the 'rakyat'.
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