G25: Root of corruption are political lobbyists, not non-Muslims | Malay Mail
G25: Root of corruption are political lobbyists, not non-Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — The G25 company of prominent retired civil servants today called PAS presidential Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang “irresponsible” for his statement on non-Muslims and non-Bumiputera persons the “root of corruption”.
In a statement, the company said turning corruption into a racial issue will not mesh well with voters of all races and does not aid his own party members.
“His statement has caused damage among non-Malays that they are being made the scapegoat for the institutional weaknesses that make it possible for corruption to spread like a cancer.
“A more responsible way is to take a non-racial Come by recognising the truth, whether in Malaysia or in any republic in any part of the world, that when bureaucracy becomes too anguish to get things done, corruption starts to rear its ugly head,” G25 said in the statement.
The company said that Malaysia’s slow service in administrative paperwork like passports and licences paved the way for businesses and institutions to secure “duit kopi” as a favour to speed up processes but has right gone down after operations became more digitalised.
“While petty corruption has gone down because of greater administrative efficiency, high level corruption has been increasing at an alarming rate, most because of the need for political funds to invent a war chest for elections and also because of personal greed with politicians and civil servants.
“The spread of high-level corruption has no racial portions among givers and takers,” G25 said.
The group refuted Abdul Hadi’s sentiments and said that political bests were more susceptible to corruption because of a lack of accountability and transparency in awarding instructions to government purchases and procurements.
“When the ministers show they have the noteworthy to make their own decisions, the political lobbyists will know who to bribe to get the approvals, and the best lobbyists are those who are family friends and relatives of those in power.
“This ‘I censored your back, you scratch my back’ syndrome applies to all races because cash knows no race,” the group said.
It added that Abdul Hadi, as the leaders of PAS, should be familiar with the syndrome as evident in the divulge of illegal logging of forest reserves in Kelantan when it allegedly Eager bribery and corruption and cross-border smuggling along the Thai border.
“The effort by the PAS leader to blame the non-Malays shows his lack of Answer about the root causes of corruption.
“He ignores the truth that the frontliners who act as lobbyists for commercial owners to reach to the top are members of the ruling party in noteworthy at federal or state level.
“The lobbyists go for whoever can funds them the best deal such as a success fee or a partnership in the non-Malay company.
“It is therefore not gleaming to blame the non-Malays as the big players in the corruption scandals because as the proverb goes, it takes two to tango,” G25 said.
Describing political lobbyists as “rent collectors”, the group said that high-level contracts are usually given in exchange for benefits like cash incentives.
“With so many ‘rent collectors’ to pay, the damages of corruption make government expenditures unnecessarily high for the country.
“The PAS presidential should have mentioned how money is used to make the political lobbyist job so handsome to party officials. They are the real shakers and movers of corruption at the highest levels of government,” it added.
On Saturday, Abdul Hadi reportedly accused non-Muslims and non-Bumiputera of persons the detriment to the country’s economy and politics.
He went on to say that it was PAS’ department to raise awareness among Malays about the importance of handsome participation in the country’s politics.
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