Why stop at a home-grown graft index? Go further

The Malaysian Insight The Malaysian Insight Updated 6 years ago · Published on 23 Feb 2018 7:05AM · 10 Comments

WORD is the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) plans to create a more effective special corruption index to analyse and measure the level of corruption in the country.

MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad said yesterday the proposal would be presented in the next anti-corruption advisory board meeting before its submission to the cabinet.

“It is time for us to have our own and more effective index. We do not want to look solely from the angle of perception but also the reality.  

“Give the MACC some time, maybe within two to three months before (the proposal) being brought to the higher level,” he said after the advisory board met yesterday.

Right. But why stop at just a graft index? 

Go further.

Consider the following:

1. Since the international standard is far too high for us, let’s have our own World Cup for football. Invite countries of similar rank to Malaysia’s and have the tourney every four years.

2. Since we can’t better the National University of Singapore and other higher education institutions in Asia, let’s have our own ranking system where we give the lowest weightage  to academic achievement.

3. Create our own definition of theft and erase diversion of public funds as an offence from our penal code.

4. Stop measuring the literacy rate among Malaysian students against first world countries. Just compete against North Korea.

5. Have our own competition for best minister in any category and limit it to the Malaysian cabinet only. We are sure to win.

At the rate we are going, we can even beat North Korea at its game of delusions. We might get to believe that the centre of the universe is right here in Kuala Lumpur.

Come on, Malaysia Boleh! – February 23, 2018.

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  • I'm sure in the new made in Malaysia Corruption Index, we will be the most corruption free country in Asean, even well ahead of Singapore!

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Own and effective index...come on, who are you kidding now. We have our own and effective SPM, English, Maths and Science and look where we are today....thus statement by MACC is a SS...siok sendiri Index. LOL

    Posted 6 years ago by Crishan Veera · Reply

  • MACC must have the teeth to grind and improve the perceptions. That will in turn improve the reality too. Why the need for a separate index?

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • We are talking about corruption, why bring in so many other subjects?

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • If you have your own index, your index got no credibility. It is always proper n credible to have an independent outside body to appraise you. You are making a mockery n a laughing stock of yourself....wasting your own time only

    Posted 6 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • Just like a story I know about a poorly performing student. He was demoted to a lower ranking class, and was promptly rewarded by his folks for being top of the class after the next examinations.

    Have we forgotten the lesson of former Selangor MB Khir Toyo who had claimed that Selangor [then under him] was already a developed state. Only to have to admit later, after some waffling, that the so-called status was something which he himself had accorded Selangor.

    Posted 6 years ago by K TWong · Reply

  • Those people are real clown...

    Posted 6 years ago by Ss Lee · Reply

  • MACC DZUL what a proposal for the advisory board to consider and Cabinet approval? THE ADVISORY BOARD AND CABINET LIVING UNDER A COCONUT SHELL SEMUA SOKONG

    Posted 6 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson · Reply

  • Who they are trying to fool?

    Posted 6 years ago by Ss Lee · Reply

  • He must be the winner of our first "Otak Udang" award

    Posted 6 years ago by Zainal Othman · Reply