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No room for corruption
04-Feb-2009, The Star Online

IT is laudable that the voice of public opinion is increasingly becoming stronger in shaping how our government is run. The poll by the Merdeka Center of Opinion Research is a good example of this positive development.

One very interesting point to note from the poll result is that almost all the respondents (98%) surveyed no longer tolerate corruption among politicians. This is starkly different from the the past where corruption in Malaysia was tolerated as part and parcel of the Malaysian politics.

Gone are the days where politicians implicated in corruption and sex scandals would need to temporarily leave the country on various excuses to escape public scrutiny.

The new order of the day is that politicians should face the public in whatever wrongdoings they have done and make the brave move to step down if necessary.

It is hoped that future polls can be more ambitious and expanded to more respondents to better reflect the opinions of the public.

The poll by the Merdeka Center covers only 1,018 respondents, therefore it is only less than 0.005% representation of the whole Malaysian population.

MAN ON THE STREET,

Kuala Lumpur.