One of the many important facilities of any democracy, no doubt, is which its leaders as good as tip officials do not abuse their positions for monetary gain, and/or misemploy open funds for in isolation profiteering.
It is in this courtesy which Aliran welcomes the pierce by the Pakatan Rakyat-led Penang state supervision to acknowledgement publicly the resources of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as good as the alternative 10 members of the State Executive Committee upon 12 January 2012. Audited by an eccentric accountancy firm, their resources have been now accessible to all upon the website of the state government.
In the apart pierce the following day, Chief Justice Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria voiced to his senior judges (in the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal as good as High Court) as good as judicial commissioners which they as good competence shortly be required to acknowledgement their assets.
His proclamation comes during the time when numerous allegations have been circulating which this or which judge has been bribed to obtain the enlightened decision in Court. With the overall repute of the judiciary having been sinister as good as brought down, maybe to an all-time low, by these allegations, such the pierce would be many welcome. Confident of his judges, the Chief Justice added, "I am certain all of you having zero to fear."
For the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism as good as Human Rights (MCCHR), the Judiciary should go the single step serve by dogmatic "potential conflicts of interests possibly by relationships or prior corporate as good as blurb dealings".
Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah P! uteh, ch airperson of the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board, subsequent proposed which sovereign cabinet ministers should additionally acknowledgement the resources of their spouses as good as children when they contention their each year stipulation of resources to the PM. In fact, she serve settled which the copy of the stipulation should additionally be done accessible to the MACC. "If they have zero to hide, because not?" she quipped.
But Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz, the minister in the prime minister's department, shot behind which he is resolutely opposite the thought of sovereign cabinet ministers dogmatic their resources publicly. His reason? Revealing sum about the amount of income as good as properties owned by ministers as good as their families would expose them to 'danger' as good as have them the target for robbers. No certainty in our world-class crime-fighting police, it appears! For Nazri, it suffices which the ministers acknowledgement their resources to the PM and, "if the PM insists", to the MACC as well.
It is not doubtful which Nazri competence be overruled by his own boss as good as the stipulation of sorts by the cabinet ministers competence be done open after all. For you have been during the theatre of 'great transformation', as good as there is the clamour from the rakyat for greater transparency in the operations of government. What's more, GE-13 is around the corner.
Proposals
In this regard, you instruct to pull together various proposals done by Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam of ASLI Centre of Public Policy Studies as good as the others referred to upon top of upon this matter of dogmatic assets. Taken together they competence supplement up to something more:
> The stipulation of resources contingency be comprehensive as good as include liabilities, not only of the ministers though their spouses as good as children. (After all, 'contributions' customarily go towards the settlement of the liab! ilities of the chairman land open office);
> This stipulation exercise should extend downwards to the state as good as internal supervision levels as well; why, maybe all intending MPs, Aduns, as good as internal supervision councillors should acknowledgement their resources as good as liabilities as good as those of their family members.
> A complement as good as mechanism contingency be developed to guard these declarations continually as good as to move to the MACC's attention any questionable increases of resources and/or, decreases of liabilities, which the MACC should afterwards investigate.
> Yes, there is the need to designate or to set up an additional body, eccentric of the MACC, to examine as good as to guard these movements; after all, the MACC's repute does not inspire much open confidence! A inestimable proposal is to designate the Public Accounts Committee or the little judicial commission to lift out this task. And because not ask the few NGOs to assistance in this task? Aliran would like to volunteer.
> It contingency be stressed which corruption will be lessened though not eliminated even after all these proposals have been attended to. For the 'mother of corruption' in Malaysia is not the deficiency of the stipulation by the little personality or his or her abusing open resources by purchasing the little condo somewhere. It is instead, the immorality of 'money politics' which has emerged wherein domestic parties as good as politicians have increasingly penetrated into the area of business, with all the to-ing as good as fro-ing between them. Many now appear to be entering politics to get rich discerning rather than to serve the people as good as to minister to society.
> And finally, elected representatives as good as domestic leaders contingency fright having to understanding with this eccentric body. It's the give-away the certain pointer of the toothless slip policy if they have 'not! hing to fear'.
Dr Francis Loh is president of Aliran
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