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'Corporate mafia': DAP to push for RCI at Friday's cabinet meeting

DAP MP's warning: If Azam stays, Madani goes

GanMu: Finally, DAP has found its voice. What DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke is saying is the truth of the matter, and he is rightfully saying this without fear of the repercussions of his stance. There are two issues involving the MACC.

While one involving MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki is being handled, the other regarding the "corporate mafia" scheme has been disregarded.

Azam is more interested in clearing his name than the agency he heads. It is about time that a new chief helms MACC to bring credibility to the agency and restore its reputation.

GrayWhale9636: “Azam must resign. He has to go. Either he goes, or we (the government) go. That is my message,” says Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong.

I really hope you do it, especially with a PAS-led opposition hovering and listening with interest to your statement.

Frankly, DAP should have issued this ultimatum when Azam was given a contract and renewed for a second time. What Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will probably do now is not renew Azam’s contract for a fourth time, which is due soon anyway.

Just A Malaysian: Yes, that’s the way to do it – a bipartisan, non-racial approach to clean up the government.

I am surprised Umno, which has been very vocal on many minor issues and attacking DAP at every corner, is silent on this.

Umno veteran leaders, Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh and others – has the cat got your tongue?

Coward: But Khoo has no control over what DAP does or doesn’t do. That right is with Loke, his boss.

Loke has decided to wait for a government inquiry, which, for all purposes, closed the shareholding issue, or at least postponed it until the inquiry comes up with a report and recommendations.

Unless the recommendation is to sack Azam, the onus is on Loke to decide and to explain why this is big enough for DAP to demand Azam’s resignation, as it goes against the government’s own recommendation. I doubt anything will take this route.

For the second issue, Loke is going for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI). My money is on him getting an RCI. Notwithstanding that the RCI is likely to come up with something short of confirming that a corporate mafia is real and linking it to Azam.

Most importantly, the RCI will take months, and that conveniently means Azam’s current posting expires. If Loke does not get an RCI by Friday, he is still likely to get something as an excuse to delay. In short, Azam is not going anywhere soon.

Fools seldom differ: Just give space to Loke. DAP is gradually making steps and momentum to make its position clear come July 12.

It’s also an ultimatum for Anwar to reflect on the coalition. Critics give it a thought and deliberate over it.

WorldCitizen: Most rural Malaysians won’t know where Muzium Negara is. Heck, they won’t even know what the MACC is. The country’s economic, educational, social, security and other issues are voiced mainly by the urban and more educated populace.

When corruption happens at the highest levels of government, it affects everybody, irrespective of rural or urban, but it is the urban and educated populace that has to voice these concerns to keep the government in check.

PW Cheng: The fight against corruption in this country is piecemeal. No real determinations to fight against it holistically and systematically.

Many are selectively prosecuted, and many that are prosecuted are given discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA), discharge amounting to acquittal (DAA), and no further action (NFA).

And all these are done right under the nose of the 10th prime minister, who has espoused himself as a fighter against corruption, but his actions are clouded with controversy.

How do you expect corruption to wane when Mr Madani consistently played it down by telling the world that it’s only a minority misconduct, or worst still, when it’s already an outbreak, he called it isolated cases.

And here comes the mafia, a creative opportunity for MACC to enrich themselves. This creation has been there for ages. And maybe the only difference is the magnitude of the shenanigans now, which captured the attention of Bloomberg for it to be exposed.

Like it or not, the culture of entitlement and easy money, which is embedded in their mindset, is the best breeding ground for corruption.

Casper C: It is high time PKR starts thinking of a future minus Mr Madani himself. Think objectively: even after an implosion, there should be sufficient goodwill for the public to continue supporting the cause without Anwar.

It is quite obvious there is a problem in sight, but none are willing to confront individuals connected to the problem.

Something has to give, and the best outcome would be Anwar doing the noble deed of removing himself from the next general election and putting forth a succession plan for the party to endorse and move ahead.

ScarletPanda9731: It comes down to doing the right thing, the correct thing. The late Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew said he was consistent and did what was correct, not politically correct.

He developed Singapore into a first-class nation despite no rich natural resources, not much land, no rubber, no tin, no petroleum, no oil palm, and even raw water, which he had to depend on Malaysia.

Determination, fairness, justice, and no racial discrimination (all have equal chances to succeed). No quota system. Fight on a level playing field.

He wanted to do the same thing while Singapore was in Malaysia. “Malaysian Malaysia” was his slogan.

Now everybody comes to the crossroads. One must choose one road or the other. His choice may lead him to heaven or to hell. It is a momentous decision which he, and he alone, must decide. Nobody else can decide for him.

It is a defining moment. Is he on the side of the millions of people or on the side of a few? Is it self-interest or people’s interest? Is it the nation’s interest or personal interest that comes first?

Leaders have come and gone. What have they achieved for the people? What are their legacies? Have they used or abused power? Clean government or shady government?

Never treat ordinary people as fools. They have the power to topple governments. Supposedly great leaders have been thrown into the dustbin. No one is indispensable.

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