At one time, Tun Mahathir had openly said that if he could shoot corrupt leaders like what China did, he’d gladly do so.
A friend in a reputable audit firm told of how ex-premier Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his aides applied undue pressure on audit and other watchdog organisations.
The statement by the Auditor-General that the 1MDB audit findings were tampered with appeared to corroborate this.
CEOs and board members of GLCs were mainly appointed to look after Najib and the kleptomaniac Umno-BN interests by overlooking basic governance on accountability and fiduciary duties of care and responsibility.
Of course, most of these appointees were guilty as hell of failing in their duties because most, if not all of them, were willing ‘partners in crime’ with the kleptomaniac ex-PM.
They knew of the legal and criminal consequences of abusing their positions and power, but yielded to the temptations of high remuneration and greed.
They carried out their crimes of abetment in pilfering the nation’s coffers, directly or indirectly, while impoverishing the already poor and needy – thinking that their acts would go unpunished on the belief and delusion that Umno-BN will not lose its grip on Putrajaya.
Thank God, change came unexpectedly on May 9 to herald a new dawn for the nation – like a long-awaited ray of light in the valley of seemingly eternal darkness.
We owe it to the patriotic and selfless leaders and people to keep this light from being snuffed out by those with sinister intentions.
Unfortunately, many Malaysians are still unaware of the significance of the May 9 electoral victory – it was, in essence, a victory of good over evil.
‘A people’s victory’ in the face of political tyranny and lawlessness.
A nation’s conscience was almost snuffed out.
While it is undeniable that the new Pakatan Harapan government has its shortcomings, nothing should distract us from the evil-doings of the previous Umno-BN regime which almost pushed our country onto the brink of financial and political chaos – not to mention its free potential to trigger racial and religious unrest had these uninhibited and unrestrained wrong-doings persisted.
Only selfish, self-serving, sycophantic and unpatriotically-enriched Malaysians who benefitted from the spoils and patronage of the previous Umno-BN regime have selfish reasons to want the new government to fail and hope for Umno-BN to return to power.
Such people have no place in an honest, principled and law-abiding society not to mention, occupying positions of trust and power.
The recent scandal to hit a fund board is a glaring example of how religion can stifle ‘misguided’ followers’ thinking and inability to differentiate between what’s morally right and wrong – ironically, a very basic and fundamental reason why they follow the religion in the first place – that is, to do good!
Blindness is for the Blind Centre,
Deafness for the Deaf Centre,
Dumbness for the Dumb and Speech-impaired.
But once a follower of any religion ceases or loses the ability to think and reason rationally, he is no longer a follower, but a zombie.
If religions had wanted us to be blind, deaf or muted followers, there would not have been any need for the great teachers and founders to sacrifice their time and lives or lose sleep over them.
It’s scary that there are still quite a lot of religious zombies in our midst.
In God we trust.
In Hope we must.
Let’s be different and think rationally.
Jumping to conclusions can result in jumping over a cliff of doubt and destruction.
All religions teach us to be good, not to simply jump over cliffs of doubt.
That’s committing suicide.
We don’t need religion to do that, do we?
