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.)

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

How to judge a Minister...

perhaps our current Ministers and prospective Ministers should assess themselves if they are up to the mark...

Excerpts from a Malaysiakini letter by Dr. Daphne Loke:

"...Ministerial Functions Act 1969 - The functions of ministers are governed by the Ministerial Functions Act 1969. As a convention, the candidate for a ministerial appointment is proposed by the leader of the party to the prime minister. Much as the prime minister has a prerogative over the selection of the candidate, by convention again, he takes the recommendations from the head of the party.

The actual appointment is only complete upon the candidate taking his oath of office before the Yang Di Pertuan Agong. S.2(1) a of the Act states: '...that a minister has been conferred with any functions or has been charged with any responsibility in respect of a particular department or subject or that any transfer, ...of any of the functions or responsibility referred to has been made'.

The above laid down the extent of responsibility of the minister-in-charge. In view of this procedure, when should a reluctant candidate turn down an offer for a ministerial appointment? In order not to insult the King nor embarrass the prime minster, he should have, at the time of selection, made it known to his party chief that he would not accept such-and-such an appointment as he wished to stay out of such-and-such a limelight.

Doctrine of Individual Ministerial Responsibility - a UK House of Commons research paper (2004) pointed out three main areas of ministerial responsibility:

a. The minister's private conduct

b. The general conduct of his department (or ministry), and

c. Acts done (or left undone) by officials in his department (or ministry)..."

More where that came from:

Ministers, new or old, always must be accountable
Dr Daphne Loke
Aug 20, 10

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