Selangor MB has been really accommodating in appointing an Umno representative to head its Public Accounts Committee. Umno Youth chief, Khairy even suggested that other Pakatan states should follow Selangor's example! Talking about giving an inch, and he wanted one foot... this must be an excellent example. Why didn't Khairy suggest that Parliament's PAC appoint an opposition representative to head it? Surely, this would have been 'one up' on Pakatan's magnanimous gesture. But no, Pakatan has to be 'whiter than white' while Barisan can continue with its opaque mega projects.
Other people would have been ashamed of ongoing investigations about his palatial home, first class family tour to Disneyland, or his shredding of official documents when Pakatan won the state elections, but our famous dentist seems keen on checking on the sand mining problems in his quest for any wrongdoing by Pakatan leaders. This is only possible because of the snail pace investigations on him by our biased MACC.
Selangor's Freedom of Information Bill is the boldest yet in introducing transparency to official dealings. This initiative will not only benefit the people in terms of fairness in government transactions but made things easy for Barisan to check on Pakatan's work. It is something we can never expect from the Barisan government, which relied so much on the Offical Secrets Act which seems to hide irregularities. We are now seeing the opposites of a political divide: Transparency vs Opaqueness in action. The public must understand that it is harder to work with transparency than hide under opaqueness, so Pakatan should be encouraged and given the chance to work out any glitches in the process.
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