I refer to the editorial Business as usual, people and tend to agree with its views. The PM has failed to walk the talk and I would like to state a few blunders which show that no thought is given before decisions or statements are made.

1) The bad decision by the PM in disallowing lorries and heavy vehicles to ply the highways during festive seasons. Initially, all heavy vehicles were to be banned from the highways to reduce the death toll among motorists as a result of road accidents during festive seasons.

Ironically, the death toll did not go down and those in the transport industry (including drivers) suffered heavy losses.

2) The overeagerness of the PM to use corruption as a platform. While this is good and has been long awaited, it has to be done without hype so that the true culprits can be brought to book. Rhetoric only leads to an overwhelming increase in expectation.

The 2004 general election candidate list and the appointment of certain menteri besars and ministers shows that the task to eradicate corruption is going to be almost nigh impossible.

3) The call by the PM to minimise red tape to eradicate corruption. On the contrary, the new cabinet has been expanded to include unnecessary new ministries. This has led to an increase in bureaucracy and red tape, which is one of the causes of corruption.

4) The call by the PM to be thrifty (e.g. schools to have standard designs with no trimmings). However, the enlarged cabinet and the renaming of ministries have caused millions to be spent to facilitate adjustments from letterheads to offices to the commissioning of new signboards at federal, state and district levels.

5) The call by the PM to tell him the truth and work with him. But when told of the election grouses, the PM said "I will run the government and I will run it my way".

It is better to tailor one's clothes to fit oneself. Over-branding will only lead to unjustifiably enormous expectations of the people.