MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO
In as long as we have, as
our self proclaimed political elites, people like Mahathir, Najib and Mahyuddin
then we are forever dammed to have other politicians who are of the same skin –
corrupt, greedy with the inability to empathize with the Rakyat and arrogance
thrown in just for safe measure.
This morning I see in NST
the following headlines: Najib: “I'll speak to Taib about his future”
Now what will they speak
about? About Taib’s many billions stolen from the people of Sarawak? About the
suffering of the Penans? About Taib’s inability to account for a staggering RM
4.8 billion of government expenditure over the past three years alone? Or is
Najib going to talk about what properties to buy in London for himself and his
family to keep as an investment?
If anything Najib will want
to know how Taib is able to control the Finance Ministry, Planning and
Resources Ministry and Chief Ministry which together control 80% of the
Development Budget. This is indeed a feat worthy of inclusion in the Malaysian
Book or Records!
About the only thing that
Najib could rap Taib’s knuckle for is for ‘melawan taukey’ – I mean come on lah
a Rolls Royce for the Chief Minister?
Friends this is what they
are going to talk about…Taib and Najib are going to work out what Taib will get
if he leaves and what he will get if he stays! End of story.
This is our lot. Having leaders
who are so bereft of any redeeming qualities that to call them leaders at all
only serves to reflect how bankrupt our nation is of good people with integrity
and accountability. But then are we to admit that in our nation of over 20
million people there is none among us that can lead? Certainly not! But UMNO
has corrupted leadership within the political arena into what UMNO wants it to
be – a den of thieves, thugs. If you follow the trial of deceit and lies within
the government – it will lead to UMNO. If you seek those that plunder and
pillage our country’s coffers it will lead to UMNO. And if you need to know how
absolute power corrupts absolutely you look within UMNO. Everyone in UMNO
understands that one hand washes the other. Once you call yourself an UMNO
member then you are in the party. You will do what is right for the party. If
you do not then you are replaceable. Anwar was replaced. Pak Lah was replaced.
Zaid was replaced. Chuah Jui Meng was replaced. So who is left in UMNO
understands that one hand washes the other. They need each other to survive.
All this talk about an end
to money politics within UMNO and giving 1Malaysia a try is a joke! So is Najib
talking to Taib about Taib’s future. Arresting Liong Sik, putting MACC under
the microscope for Teoh Beng Hock’s murder…all a joke. And it would be funny to
us too if it was not for the fact that it is our money that they are stealing
and our people that they are murdering! And this circus will go on and on until
UMNO is out of government! Each joke dumber and more irrelevant than the one
before it while we get more disgusted and more contemptuous of them treating us
like fools by the day.
But what can we do?
Everything UMNO did is legal! We elected them into government and once in
government you can make legal that which is not legal. We are not talking about
what is morally right or what is morally wrong. PDRM can hold suspect in
custody. MACC can question Teoh Beng Hock. The Attorney General can go after
Anwar for sodomy two. The government can spend billions of our money for
Greater Kuala Lumpur. In as long as UMNO operates within the rules of this
country then it does not matter if people are murdered and billions are lost.
Tough luck! UMNO obeyed the rules! We elected political leaders without
integrity and accountability so we live with it!
With the 13th
General Election we can change things. This is what we have to understand. We
need to elect leaders who will be able to assess a situation and make a
decision based on what is best for ‘the greatest number of people’ in the country.
Not just for themselves, for their cronies, for UMNO or for just the Malays –
but for the “greatest number of people” in the country. And more
important a leader must also have integrity and the willingness to stand up for
what is right – even if it means resigning a position in government or losing
an election. Already I can see some of you asking me if whether that was what
Zaid did. Yes, that is what Zaid did when he resigned first from the Cabinet
and then from UMNO. This is the same Zaid that is now in Pakatan Rakyat!
SO what makes a good
leader? I cannot put it better then what this article in google under
“Leadership Expert” at : http://www.leadershipexpert.co.uk/political-leader.html
…so here it is:
So what makes a good
political leader? A good political leader is:
–
Someone who serves as an example of integrity and loyalty to the people
they represent, both to the public and to other political leaders.
– Someone with
good communication and inter-personal skills, who can work with a range of
other people, regardless of political party or opinion, to achieve the greatest
good for the general population.
– Someone who can
resist the various temptations and lures of the political arena
– Someone of
strong character, with both conscience and charisma
– Someone willing
to listen to the needs of the common people and to represent them faithfully
– Someone with the
courage to stand up and say what needs to be said – rather than just tell the
general public what it wants to hear
–
Someone who is willing to make difficult (and possibly unpopular)
decisions for the greater good.
UMNO fails on all counts…I
repeat “on all counts!” So you know what you have to do when the time comes to
cast your vote at the next general election! Throw UMNO out!
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