Pak Lah, this is just to remind you that you were voted by the rakyat with an overwhelming majority on the promise that you would do your utmost to cleanse the government machineries of corruption and abuse of power.

Many opportunities have arisen for you to prove your point, but you blew it. Most probably you did not have time to study the cases because of your busy schedule overseas. Yes, we do understand your tight schedule, so tight that you could not find time to hold the Umno general assembly on a day other than Deepavali day .

And thus, you have no choice but to rely on your ministers to provide you with information of cases arising. Again, I find that ministers assigned to the job wanting in public relations. Some are not rakyat -friendly. Whenever any scandal is exposed, more often than not, their attitude is confrontational, forgetting that they are there to serve the rakyat .

A good example is when news reported by websites like Malaysiakini and Malaysia Today are brushed aside as pure rumours. It was even claimed that the authorities do not listen to news from the Internet as they are lies. They forget that a rose by any name is still a rose. By the same token, truth by whatever means it is reported is still the truth.

Pak Lah, the contrary is true - it is the truth that is reported on those websites. Yes, the truth hurts and this is the very reason that ministers always condemn the Internet reports. In fact, you should be reading your news from those websites which will give you a real reflection of the rakyat . I believe Malaysiakini can offer you a complimentary membership to access the news. The printed media mostly carries news that are pleasing to you but it is not doing the nation much good.

On the eve of appointing members to the royal commission on the judiciary, I pray that you will do it right this time around. In actual fact, all these blushing could have been saved if the ministers assigned to the task had been more tolerant to views from the likes of the Bar Council and its lawyers.

The lawyers would not have marched in Putrajaya to highlight their request for a royal commission if the authorities cared to sit down to discuss their request. Instead they were called names like 'crazy' and 'stupid.' The ministers acted as if they know best and the rest of the rakyat are stupid. If we have more ministers with such unbecoming attitudes towards the rakyat , we cannot progress for sure.

Look at how Toyota can be looked upon as yardstick for quality and reliability. One of the secrets is that the administration recognises the ability of all its employees, irrespective of their positions. You would be surprised that anyone can pull the line, meaning to stop the production line to rectify faults in safety belts. If their top engineers were to behave like the ministers in question, faults discovered by a lower employee would be brushed aside.

Finally, I think it is the desire of the rakyat that you solve the present predicament in a serious and just manner. You have agreed to a royal commission which is very commendable. Selection of independent members for the commission is critical. Appoint those who are apolitical and clean.

Yes, Pak Lah, the whole nation will applaud you if you do it right this time around. At the end of the day, you can look back and say that you have made good your promises to the rakyat .