November 21, 2011
FMT LETTER
From Marion Tharsis, via e-mail
The National Feedlot Corporation chief is trying his best to to protect his entity as of one of legitimacy and sans of wrongdoings with ample support from the power-that-be. Whatever that has been exposed of its sinister activities, cannot be completely ignored and taken to be a fiction of one of Bollywood’s fairy tale concoction.
Political power seems to be a guaranteed license to secure favourtism and opportunities to amass wealth and power beyond the norms of a civil society that is quite prominent in the third world countries including Malaysia, striving to project its growth as a fast developing economic power house while condoning and encouraging corporate fraudulent activities of those who are closely aligned to the echelons of the ruling government.
Thanks to the independent news media for highlighting the issues of a dubious and sinister nature that has for so long, been completely camouflaged and kept out of the public’s knowledge or access.
Corruption has always been viewed as a destructive force that can even reduce the countries with immense natural resources to just ‘beggar’ countries due to the siphoning of the wealth for some personal gains while the majority of the people live in abject poverty..
At the rate the Malaysian government is spending and in the process also allowing rooms for ‘abuse’ of the funds being allocated for important infra structure and community development, it will be of little surprise if we also fall in the ranks of such unfortunate and desperate countries who have to depend vastly on aid from charitable and humanitarian agencies for sustenance of life.
It is a stark reality that the world is depleting its natural resources very rapidly and it cannot be replenished and thus big and powerful countries are looking to poor and desolate countries to develop these countries own infra structure at a very high price as a reward.
It is mainly because of uncontrolled and unmonitored activities of fraud and misuse of funds owing to the broader objective of staying in power at whatever the cost for the short term and not having any consideration for the future well being of our posterity.
When the government officials given the mandate by the people cannot give proper and logical reasons for not taking action against any wrong doing being reported, it only adds more damage to their own reputation rather than boost their image as a trustworthy and reliable leader.
These people in power fail to see a broader perspective of their own position against the opposition or the general public who are the watchdogs of their performance for future retention or rejection.
If these people in power still think their continued rule for the next imminent term is well secured, they have to re-think and develop themselves as a people’s government and not operate without any regard for the concerns and at times, demands from the people whose choice put them where they are.
Giving handouts and stipends is not going to help but only goes to show a desperate move to regain past glory. Be a responsive and sincerely caring government and not one that treats every reported case of criminal breach of trust as the opposition’s tool for political mileage.
Only Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) seems to make some noise and make a slight ant bite concern to question some of the issues of grave importance to the public while the others choose to remain silent or less vocal just to safe guard their own positions.
The next general election will definitely set the course for our future survival within and without and the decision is seen to be binding for a long time without another formidable political opposition.
The choice we make is not only short term for our benefit or failure but it is for long term of our generation who needs us to protect not destroy. So, the decision we make is more of hope for all and not one that condescends on individual feelings or isolation.
Playing Goldilocks politics
A load of bull
We all have a beef with Feedlot
English gets the short shrift
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