YOURSAY ‘When are BN and Umno going to accept the fact that their leaders are corrupt?’
You demand answers, but yet reject them: minister to TI chief
Commentable: Come on, Multimedia and Communications Minister Salleh Said Keruak, don't insult everybody's intelligence.
Transparency International chief Jose Ugaz asked a very pertinent and valid question - a pair of them to be exact. "Who paid the money and why" as well as "where did the money go"?
The answers given, if at all, were never reasonable and logical to begin with. That's why they were rejected.
To try for size, why don't you propose that the government sets up an RCI (royal commission of inquiry), one that is fully independent and free from political interference?
Perhaps, and it's a big maybe, a properly constituted RCI can uncover the truth. That's the only way to make the rakyat and people like Ugaz shut up. Only thing is, are you game for it, Salleh?
Turvy: Salleh, we are talking about transparency and good governance, not fairy tale answers. Your foot is in your mouth when you say there have been “a number” of responses. Why so many explanations?
Anyway, which of the different stories that have been told so far are true - was it money in appreciation for our fight against IS , or to battle DAP/Jews , or political donation ? If you are saying it is a donation, who made it?
The next question is: if it's a donation, why? Why should an Arab be so concerned as to make such a large donation? What does he get out of it? What were the terms of the gift? Has the donor any link with any business or individual in this country?
Does not such a huge gift before an election raise fears about subversion of the elections? Why transfer the money into the PM's own account? Why no mention of the ‘donation’ for so long after the discovery of the bank transfers?
You got to do better, Salleh.
Speechless: Indeed, the questions have never been answered. Who "donated" the RM2.6 billion? Why? Where and who did the RM2.6 billion go to?
Until these questions are properly answered and substantiated, we will not let this go because it is way too big.
Justice Pao: Ugaz said only one man can answer all those questions he posed and everyone, except you, Salleh, seems to know who he meant.
Najib seems to selectively lose his voice every time he is questioned on the US$681 million donation into his personal account and where the alleged balance of US$650 million went.
Anonymous_1421806811: Does Salleh really think foreign professionals can believe the lame excuses provided when Malaysians themselves cannot accept the variety of reasons given; not to mention the other worrisome questions like where the money went and what happened to the balance?
Now the world knows. When are BN and Umno going to accept the fact that their leaders are corrupt?
ACR: One of the greatest malaises afflicting this country, besides corruption, is the penchant to pretend.
Salleh is pretending he does not know how harebrained the answers have been thus far (an Arab donated the monies for the last general election) and that the task force and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigations, which had some semblance of independence, were scuttled.
Hopeful123: "I am not sure what you mean by 'fully independent investigation, free from political interference, can uncover the truth'," responded Salleh.
Can you explain why the AG (attorney-general) was replaced when he had another three months to go before retirement? Why MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) officers, who were doing a good job, transferred out?
Why the four PAC members were suddenly promoted and sucked into the government when they were halfway through the 1MDB investigations? Why was the DPM fired and replaced with one who is subservient to the PM?
Why? Why? Why? Too many questions to answer? Why not ask your PM to answer them instead of him asking others to do it on his behalf?
Negarawan: It is a sheer waste of time to try to educate the corrupt on what "independent investigations" and "uncovering the truth" mean. These are never in their interest.
Salleh's response to the hard-hitting speech by Ugaz is clearly ignominious. Najib has never been able to respond transparently and factually to claims of impropriety regarding 1MDB.
Instead he has resorted to deceptive methods to circumvent the allegations. The deceptions have not worked and have brought him further stigma and odium.
Najib has reached the point where he is regarded as a rogue PM in international circles. The citizens of Malaysia vehemently reject and do not deserve a rogue PM who brings shame and embarrassment to the country.
Res Ipsa: Salleh, please explain how the RM42 million from SRC International , being a former 1MDB subsidiary and now part of the Finance Ministry, also ended up in Finance Minister Najib's account?
So far none of you have come forward with an explanation even though the matter has been raised time and again.
MACC has stated that it is still investigating the matter, whereas the former AG deemed the SRC money as an open-and-shut case where draft charges were already allegedly prepared against the PM.
Can we have your response, Salleh?
Shamu99: Salleh, you asked Ugaz if he had a solution. Are you ready to accept if he gives one - a royal commission perhaps?
Vijay47: Salleh, once again you open your mouth to reaffirm the people's opinion of you. Once again, you omit essential ingredients necessary to accord your arguments with some intelligence.
First, the validity of an answer is not measured by the office of the person providing it but by his relevance to the issue.
In the current scandal, Najib is the best person to give insights into the 1MDB truth, not because he is prime minister but because he is involved in the matter up to his neck. Nobody else is, for the smoking gun was found in Najib's personal bank accounts.
Salleh, you refer to the deputy prime minister as an authority on the case. How is that so? By the same token, why are you then not a similar expert? By the way, which DPM are you now referring to?
Secondly, the mere furnishing of a reply does not make it adequate; it must come clothed with the reason and explanation that would make it credible to the common man, based on available facts and evidence. Najib's fairy tales do not.
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