Temptation is great when in power, and there is always the risk that Ministers and MPs of the Pakatan Harrappan may wrongly take advantage to enrich themselves, their family and friends...but when the PUBLIC is also monitoring, it can deter such abuse, and that is WHY ASSET DECLARATION MUST BE PUBLIC? Income(all sources of income), Assets owned, interests in companies...
When it was revealed recently that UMNO MP's assets was about RM2 billion...one wonders how many other UMNO-MPs have become so rich...surely it not just the salaries/allowances of MPs/Ministers that lead to such wealth accumulation...
Thankfully, MACC just announced that these ASSET DECLARATION will be available online, accessible to the public from next month - October 2018.
Asset declarations of Pakatan Harapan cabinet and its MPs will be made available on the MACC website from next month. MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Shamsun Baharin Mohd Jamil said this was to ensure that all Harapan leaders were free from corruption. “It will be the first time that the asset declaration will be uploaded on MACC’s portal for public viewing.
How wealthy they are is not of concern? BUT what is of concern is whether they become even more rich after this ...We will now know salaries/allowances of MPs and Ministers ...and also other legitimate sources of income. So, we can monitor.
One-off asset declarations will not help the public monitor - what we need is REGULAR Declarations, and the best would be every 6 months( or at least annual declarations)...
Declaring just to the PM or the MACC was never enough ...the Malaysian people should be the monitors to ensure that there is no abuse in power to enrich oneself...
MACC to publish asset declarations of cabinet, Harapan MPs
Asset declarations of Pakatan Harapan cabinet and its MPs will be made available on the MACC website from next month.
MACC deputy chief commissioner (prevention) Shamsun Baharin Mohd
Jamil said this was to ensure that all Harapan leaders were free from
corruption.
“It will be the first time that the asset declaration will be uploaded on MACC’s portal for public viewing.
“The declarations will also be sent to the Prime Minister's office
and the copied to MACC,” he said after appearing as a guest on Bernama
Radio talk show programme “Ala Carte Pagi” today to introduce the MACC
360 talk show programme.
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was previously reported to have
said that all members of the administration, including ministers, their
deputies and political secretaries were required to declare their assets
to the Prime Minister.
Dr Mahathir, when announcing the move, said the information received
would “not be hidden”, instead it would be submitted to agencies
responsible for corruption prevention.
Shamsun Baharin said the MACC had yet to get all the copies of asset
declarations from the Prime Minister's office as the government’s MPs
were given three months after their swearing in to do so.
"The period is still in force and on Oct 1, we will see those who have declared their assets,” he said.
Meanwhile, on the MACC 360 talk show, it’s broadcast would begin on Sept 22 on Bernama Radio.
"There will be 13 episodes, to be aired Saturday from 10am to 12pm.
“We will bring a senior MACC official as a guest to talk on issues related to corruption prevention every week," he said.
He said the MACC 360 programme would also serve as a platform for the
commission and Bernama in disseminating information related to
corruption prevention.
"Although there is a MACC My Anti-Corruption Channel (MACC.fm), its
access is not as widespread compared to regular radio, so this
collaboration with Bernama is to reach out to more listeners.
"This is because corruption is a national issue and we need to get
support from all parties as the community itself will be impacted if
corruption is allowed to continue," he said.
- Bernama - Malaysiakini, 19/9/2018
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