Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as the head of the Government, should just give us the “rakyat’ complete and clear answers to the questions being raised about what the government did or did not do. It matters not who is the ‘rakyat’(citizen) who raised the questions, be it a former premier or some simple fisherman. It is extremely disappointing that we are still not getting any real answers but only attempts to distract us from the real issues.
We are being distracted as usual as Malaysian politicians avoid answering by attempting to turn it into some “tiff between Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Dr Mahathir Mohamad” or turning around pointing fingers of accusations at the questioner about matters that happened during the tenure of that former premier. We do not need our DPM and/or his present cabinet members or other personalities expressing support for the present PM, or the Seremban UMNO division head asking that “deference [be shown] to Mahathir as an eminent former leader who contributed immensely to this nation.” All these merely distract us from the real issues when Malaysians are still waiting patiently for a frank and open disclosure of the truth.
Some who did not have the guts to raise the questions and/or criticism to Mahathir, when he was the “boss” of the government are suddenly coming out now ‘bravely’ asking Mahathir questioning and lambasting him for the decisions/policies during his premiership. In fact, in a Sun(20/6/2006) entitled “Gunasegaram's 22 questions for Dr M”, one recent report also listed about 22 questions that were directed to the former premier. Recently, in the Malaysiakini there was yet another shocking disclosure “about a secret plan - codenamed Project Mahathir - to pad the electoral rolls with foreigners who were fraudulently given identity cards.”
Who should be answering all these questions? Surely it is not some ex-premier. The answers must be given by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the present government. Let us not forget that it is the same BN government who was in power then and today, and our present premier as most of his present cabinet were also members of the cabinet when Mahathir was prime minister. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the present Barisan National governnment cannot now avoid responsibility for the sins, failings, wrongdoings and corruptions of the past.
So, let us stop all these attempts of “distraction” and get down giving the “rakyat” real and complete answers about all the matters that have arisen of late. Be accountable and transparent Mr Prime Minister.
Charles Hector
22 June 2006
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