[#najibiscrackingup : a good article for najib, his apple polishers and Malaysian to read!] A leader who is an embarrassment to the country

[#najibiscrackingup : a good article for najib, his apple polishers and Malaysian to read!] A leader who is an embarrassment to the country

We can now be fairly certain that the Prime Minister lacks the courage to face the crowd. Although he once said that “semangat kepahlawanan tetap ada dalam diri saya” (the warrior spirit will always be in me), he had skipped a ‘Nothing To Hide’ forum organised by his own people in early June and now had skipped the International Anti Corruption Conference held in our own country.

Reasons given varied from ‘security issues’ to ‘need to avoid being grilled’.

What a shame for this country when a Prime Minister is afraid to face tough questions. Journalists are already complaining why is he avoiding questions in press conferences too. His last PC which had allowed questions from journalists was in early July. He did not dare to take any questions even after the announcement of a new cabinet!

His proclamations and statements now come from his own blog and speeches made at events. The sad truth is, if a prime minister can’t be transparent enough to answer allegations head on, then what is the point of governing Malaysia?

Even the founder of Transparency International, Michael Hershman is disappointed with the absence of the Prime Minister, saying “I am disappointed that he wasn’t here because I had hoped he would used this as a platform to explain what happened, to tell the truth. He missed that opportunity.”

He also said that his “disappointment is an understatement” and the prime minister’s“credibility certainly has negatively affected by his inability to address this head on and to tell the truth”.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of Transparency International went a step further by saying thatthe RM2,600 million money in the prime minister’s personal bank accounts has the elements of grand corruption.

Adding, “he has not explained, for what and where the money came from and what he was to do when he received it. He must also prove that the money is not illicit or that it comes from an illicit source. Political parties should not receive money that comes from illegal origins”.

No wonder an Umno veteran, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz lamented that it is embarrassing to have foreigners pointing out the wrongs which Malaysians are also pointing towards the prime minister.

To be clear, by receiving RM2,600 million into his personal back accounts, there were many instances that the prime minister may have breached the MACC Act. Especially section 17 and 23 of the said Act. Not to mention section 165, 405 and 409 of the Penal Code.

If action can’t be taken or seen to be taken against a prime minister who had broken a law, then perhaps it is acceptable for a CEO of a GLC to receive millions of money from vendors/clients into his own personal account and claim that it is a donation!

Regardless, how the money was given is equally important as to how it was spent. If it was for political funding, Umno have never received ‘donations’ through the personal bank account of its presidents. That would be breaching the laws stated above.

This crisis of confidence and the trust deficit came from the personal corruption crisis faced by the prime minister. Never before in history where the personal bank account of the prime minister are being investigated. Shooting his own foot in the process, he sacked people who are investigating and questioning him and dismantled the investigation teams. And replaced them with loyalists and yes-men.

On top of that, he engineered delays in investigating 1MDB, a company which has so many problems it can’t even generate profits and pay back the massive loans it has needlessly acquired. It had to beg for debt forgiveness, use taxpayers money as standby credit and get an arab company to pay for them some of their debts in exchange for the prized assets.

This is the leader who had no qualms in lying to the people. Remember his statement immediately after Wall Street Journal published and exposed the billions in the PM’s bank accounts?

He said:

The latest allegation is that I have taken state-linked funds for personal gain. I believe Tun Mahathir, working hand in glove with foreign nationals, including the now discredited political attack blog Sarawak Report, is behind this latest lie.

Let me be very clear: I have never taken funds for personal gain as alleged by my political opponents – whether from 1MDB, SRC International or other entities, as these companies have confirmed.

At no point have those making these allegations offered any evidence. All we have heard is that these allegations are based on leaked documents and unnamed investigators. Not once has the source of these documents ever been shown, neither have the documents themselves been provided for verification by lawful authorities.

As proven later on, the allegations were proven to be true. He even slandered Tun Dr Mahathir as the person behind the allegations about his exposed personal bank account. Not only that, he defended himself by saying the allegations had no documents to substantiate the truth.

The money trail

To add more spice in the guilt soup, some people from SRC International went into hiding to escape being remanded; when the prime minister could have easily called them back to help with the investigations.

Well the rest is history. The egg on the prime minister’s face was undeniably embarrassing.

One of the best parts came when Haron Din claimed that “it is unbelievable that someone transferred public funds into a personal account, if someone wants to cheat, they would have pumped it into a secret account”.

To which the prime minister thanked Haron Din for not believing WSJ’s story! He desperately wanted people to believe that no money was banked in into his accounts.

Lies after lies were perpetuated by his sycophants in order to defend their leader. But fortunately the public are smarter than all these sycophants combined. Too bad some people are still bent on supporting and defending a leader who had clearly misled the public. To many people, that in itself disqualifies him from being a prime minister.

The recent call by Zaid Ibrahim to get Malaysians of all across the political divide to prioritise the removal of this prime minister is seen as an appropriate plea to save Malaysia from further embarrassment.

It is not enough for the prime minister and his idiotic sycophants to give flip flopping answers on how the ‘donation’ was used. They must give proof on how the money was spent; a detailed list of each expenses and transaction made, to who and what was it for. Otherwise how would the public believe that every single sen was not used for personal gain? This is called accountability.

But he chose to remain silent about this and hide behind his abusive powers to sack and replace people for the sake of his political survival.

Journalists could not even reach him to get his response on the legal suit filed by an Umno member and also the latest legal suit by PKR for breaking the election laws. These are important litigation suits against a sitting prime minister/Umno president yet the public is appalled that he seems rather oblivious about them.

A good leader is one who is trusted by the people and one who deserves that trust. If the leader is not forthcoming and quick to tell the truth and be transparent, the trust is lost and he can never lead effectively. He is rendered irrelevant.

A politician can only lead when others accept him as their leader. When the prime minister no longer has the moral authority to lead, it is embarrassing to have him as a leader of this country.

Source : jebatmustdie