I refer to the Malaysiakini report Gov't open day: 'We want to see real change' and wish to make the following observations.

If it is transformation and performance they are talking about we need to see the credentials of our members of Parliament first. These are people who are entrusted to run this country but they place people who have little or no qualifications - let alone experience - as electoral candidates and then use religion and race to entice the naive electorate to vote these people in.

These people may have a lot of political clout - or ‘grassroots support’, that's what they call it - but they are totally unqualified for their positions. It also in the interest of the political elite of this corrupt regime to maintain these people as when you have idiots in place, you can manipulate them any which way you please.

If this is a system to measure Ket Result Areas (KRAs) then it should be done 360 degrees with the public being given a chance to really assess these ministers. A clear indication that we have morons in government is indicated by the fact that they had to get to unelected personalities to manage this system.

One of them has his integrity in shambles especially over the unanswered questions of the Kampong Buah Pala incident. I have nothing, though, against Idris Jala for he is an excellent manger and I have the highest regard for him.

But I fear his integrity will be compromised working for such a government which has no regard for public accountability which has to begin right at the top. To begin with the prime minister has been rather evasive about the Altantuya Shariibuu murder.

Najib Abdul Razak is a nobody but the office he holds, the office of the prime minister is being compromised by his inaction over the matter. Then again what useless teeth does a royal commission have here and the Lingam tape case is a clear example.

There is now the case of Rosmah Mansor, the prime minister’s wife, who has been reported to have described herself as, ‘the First Lady’ so where does that place our queen? Rosmah has allegedly transferred huge sums of money via a money changer, so how can such issues go unchecked buy the authorities?

All this is possible because we have totally unqualified persons - some who behave like thugs and hoodlums - without even proper secondary education who are members of Parliament and who are only too willing to vote for corrupt practices because many of them are beneficiaries of this corruption. One such case was that of Zakarai Mohd Derus of Klang.

Now that we are about to establish KRAs for the ministers, just how much they will be able to absorb understand about the system leaves a lot to be desired. I am sure many of them do not comprehend what is happening in the first place. And then to conduct it, you bring in an ex- chief minister who was rejected by his state in an election in which the party he led was totally wiped out.

And he is being asked to now establish KRAs and measure the performance of ministers? A ‘people’s reject’ is what this man is and they, the people, were right. Although he holds a PhD he requires Idris Jala to assist him and that because he is incapable of conducting this by himself. So how does this man perform in the first place?

I have nothing but the utmost respect for Idris Jala as a manager and a professional but Idris Jala is not running a company here. He is placed in a position to carry out performance management of the government in power and they (the government) have allowed this for one reason and one reason only - to try and prove to the world that they are indeed good.

But I am far from convinced that Idris Jala wil be able to conduct this exercise independently. I fear as a result of a case of ‘changing the goal posts’ by the powers-that-be he will fall victim and have his very integrity questioned. He does not deserve this.

If this NKRAs are to be anything, Idris Jala has to be given the whole portfolio and be allowed to report to Parliament and Parliament alone. To disallow him the right to table a report there must be a two-thirds majority and he must be able to give open recommendations to sack members of the cabinet who are not performing.

In issues like the Port Klang Free Zone debacle, open inquiries and investigations must be conducted, and ministers who were in office at the time of the commission of these corrupt practices must be hauled in and the inquiry into such issues must done transparently so that the public can view it in its entirety.

The opposition must be given the opportunity to pick prosecutors from their own ranks or from people they deem to be neutral to prosecute and cross-examine the accused. But the way I see it, all this may not be possible, not as long as the sanctity of the office of the prime minister remains compromised.

The way it is seen is that there are may be people who know a lot about the Altantuya Shaariibuu case and they may be in Parliament. But they can't be touched, they can't be sacked and their tenure in Parliament is guaranteed because of what they know and as a result, the sanctity of the entire nation may be compromised.

Now having considered all this, I'd like to know how effective will our performance management system be.