3 issues that will dominate Malaysia’s election
This time around, however, neither BN or the newly formed opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan inspire much confidence from voters.
This time around, however, neither BN or the newly formed opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan inspire much confidence from voters.
It’s been awhile since a big fish has been detained by anti-corruption agency MACC. It has always been the small ‘ikan bilis’ that have been investigated, caught and charged.
When it comes to crime and corruption, it is impossible to eliminate negative public perception just by showing numbers and statistics.
Seeing as Umno is the biggest component party in BN and that, by default, the BN chairman and Umno president is also the country’s prime minister, the MACC’s reminder is essentially directed at the government and its leaders.
All the attention of the 1MDB scandal has died down and is being buried by the now more scandalous Kim Jong Nam murder.
If you were to read the news, you wouldn’t go by a day without seeing how the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is doing its job.
I think I may have a suggestion. How about we increase the salaries of our cabinet ministers and government officials?
There are several elements of these cases that appear a little funny and peculiar.
I went in expecting that those I spoke to would vehemently defend their leaders and say they are clean and that corruption doesn’t exist.
We make it to the 2016 Umno General Assembly! And what’s the mood like? We joined in the circus fun!