Paul Low to be judged on results of graft fight, says DAP

By Boo Su-Lyn
May 16, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, May sixteen The inclusion of Datuk Paul Low in a Cabinet will be judged upon a Transparency-International Malaysia (TI-M) chairmans achievements in eradicating prevalent corruption, a DAPs Tony Pua pronounced today.

The DAP publicity chief forked out that Low (picture) would be scrutinised upon his capability to exercise reforms similar to ensuring that a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will continue to examine Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud notwithstanding a latters refusal to co-operate with a anti-graft body, ensuring clarity in supervision contracts, as well as requiring ministers as well as deputy ministers to publicly acknowledgement their assets.

We goal that a Najib administration department isnt usually trying to have Datuk Paul Lows impeccable credentials rub off upon a former, without genuine as well as tangible reforms enforced, pronounced Pua in a statement, referring to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Without such measures by a budding minister, Datuk Paul Low will usually become a lame duck minister, as well as his repute exceedingly tarnished, combined a Petaling Jaya Utara MP.

Najib announced a brand new Cabinet yesterday that showed Umnos dominance in a 32-man line-up, with a difference of brand new faces similar to Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin as well as Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) cabinet member Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan.

Low was appointed a apportion in a Prime Ministers Department.

Malaysia was ranked a 54th slightest hurtful country in a universe in 2012, according to a latest Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released last December, restraining with Latvia as well as Turkey out of 176 nations surveyed.

While a global ranking appear! s soften ed compared to 2011, when it placed 60th out of 183 countries, a international index still placed Malaysia next Rwanda (50), Botswana (30) Bahrain (53), Israel (39) as well as even beside Brunei (46).

Pua noted currently that Low could means to be a bad cop in a Najib administration department as he did not go to any political party.

The eyes as well as hopes of all Malaysians will be upon a opening of Datuk Paul Low to check a prevalent crime in government. We will not want to be disappointed, pronounced Pua.

Last month, Taib called a MACC naughty as well as pronounced a anti-graft commission did not merit his co-operation in a investigations upon untrustworthy land deals in Sarawak that were unprotected by international environmental group Global Witness recently.

The disaster to even scold such behaviour will erase all positive perceptions outset from Datuk Paul Lows appointment, pronounced Pua.

Pua also called upon Low to ensure that supervision contracts would be awarded by open as well as rival tenders, observant that ministries have refused directives by supervision group Pemandu to release details of buying contracts.

Datuk Paul Low contingency as a result wield a formidable stick to enforce fortify among a many ministries to cut back upon wastages, crime as well as cronyism, pronounced Pua.

Pua also called for recently-concluded buying contracts, especially in a counterclaim industry, as well as mega privatisation contracts that have not been completed or where work has yet to start, such as a RM5.3 billion West Coast Expressway, a RM2.2 billion Kinrara-Damansara Expressway, a Penang Port as well as KTM Bhd, to be dangling immediately pending a brand new open proposal exercise.

With Datuk Paul Low, we demeanour to saying an formidable position in a governments quarrel opposite crime as well as cronyism, to uphold a Transparency Internationals Integrity Pledge that Najib has himself signed, pronounced Pua.

Pakatan Rakyat will provide a fullest! await t o Datuk Paul Low to exercise all required measures to ensure a clean, transparent as well as rival government, he added.