Who is undermining parliamentary democracy?
KINIBIZ Tiger watches with amusement how fast the tides turn around in politics, that despite being equipped with the innate dexterity and predatorial instincts of a feline, sometimes Tiger has to but concede defeat in making sense of political developments in this country.
Just take this one bizarre human concoction known as 1MDB for instance, a self-styled strategic development company or so, Tiger was told. It was reported to have cooked up RM42 billion in debts in a convoluted manner with allegations of major corruption involved.
And then the last Tiger checked, it was clarified that the RM2.6 billion channelled to the prime minister’s account is in the form of a ‘donation’ of which the source is undisclosed. But the powers that be say it was unrelated to 1MDB and did not come from there.
And so, on one fine day, perhaps in a move to finally win over public perception, the fingers are all pointed at 1MDB, with an investigation task force comprising the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), along with the police, Bank Negara, and the Attorney-General’s Chambers vowing to get to the bottom of the issue. Drum rolls, anyone?
To recount, the past week has seen the attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail sacked, the special task force all but disbanded, a sitting deputy prime minister replaced, and not to forget, a complete cabinet reshuffled.
The Parliament’s speaker has now declared that the public accounts committee (PAC) cannot continue with its actions because its chief has been made a deputy minister, not to mention the other three PAC members, one of whom became a full cabinet minister while two others were ordained deputy ministers. Why, congratulations, but the PAC cannot continue with its investigations into 1MDB until it is reconstituted.
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This article was written by Sherilyn Goh.
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