How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Friday, April 23, 2010

We have lawbreaking lawmaker and...

lawbreaking Election Commission?

Recent news about Bung Mokhtar, a Member of Parliament (or lawmaker) who pleaded guilty to breaking the law (unauthorized polygamy), and this letter in
Malaysiakini commenting on it http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/129909 (I actually typed Bung Mokhtar to check his name and it led me to it) have shown some people is outspoken in Parliament but did not pay much attention to its laws to ensure compliance himself.

Our specialist on elections, Wong Chin Huat, has shown how our Election Commission did not care two hoots about election laws when arbitrarily transferring 228 voters without proper compliance of its own law. This begs the question: can we trust the EC to conduct the elections? Or, if strictly applying the law, would the election results be declared null and void later?

Are we heading towards 'lebih kurang' standards of compliance?
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