Wednesday, April 8, 2009

All Politicians Must Declare Their Assets

In order to be fair to everybody, we request that all politicians from all the parties in Malaysia declare assets belonging to them and belonging to their family members. This is one of the best methods to eradicate corruptions.

It is a fact that present and former ministers, deputy ministers, senators, members of parliament and state assemblymen enjoy good lives at the expense of people. While people have to work hard to earn a living, many government office bearers, politicians and cabinet ministers and those holding high posts in government become filthy rich. Though their pay is not that attractive, yet, most of them, if not all, have become multi -millionair.How they become so rich is a known secret and the rakyat has every right to know and we are demanding that they return the wealth back to the people and to the nation.

If Najib and the MACC are serious in getting rid of corruptions and money politics, Najib`s administration must prosecute all the present or former high ranking officers who acquire wealth through dishonest means. Sweeping dirts under the carpet or protecting the corrupt politicians will not help BN to score any points, but rather, it will erode the already dwindling support for BN.

So the government and MACC must walk the talk and not just try to find some excuse like " not enoough evidence" to brush corruptions cases aside.

There was a former deputy minister who was implicated for illegal land transfer and the MACC is not investing the case or is not serious in investigating. If the MACC and the government do not take immediate actions to eradicate corruptions, then the BN will face the most difficult coming general elections .

Corruptions make some people very rich but make the rakyat and the country poor. So the relevant authorities must charge all the big fish in the courts and let the long arms of laws take their due course.

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