Monday, December 6, 2010

Najib will fix the fixers if that what it to win the coming election



Let’s start with the facts. Rosmah is a known fixer. She has been around for two decades now, fixing deals for the rich and the famous. Most of her clients are reputed corporate houses. It now transpires she has politician clients as well. Does she have clients in media? I have no clue. What we do know, however, is that everyone aware of how PUTRA JAYA politics works (including me) knew who ROSMA was, and what she was up to
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We all knew where her expertise lay. Yet none of us exposed her. What’s worse, many among us looked upon her with admiration as someone who could get anything done in the Government.
Why is that? I don’t know Rosma. Yet why did I not write about her? The reason’s simple. Much of what we heard about Rosma came to us through the political grapevine, the buzzing gossip network that keeps us all in the know of what’s happening. now and if you trawl the net, you will find that the altunya and Radia’s involvement in it is not a new discovery. It’s been around for a while. But till RPK, the matter remained in the realm of private speculation, not public discourse.
Does this mean print journalism has more credibility than TV or the net? Does this suggest that it’s only after the printed word takes over that speculation ends and people start taking an issue seriously? In recent months I have seen many stories hit the headlines on TV and disappear. The impact is far less when print ignores them. On the other hand, social networking sites like twitter add a sense of urgency that makes it almost impossible to ignore a story that’s desperately seeking to break. In short, you need all media to work in perfect tandem to reach a story where it needs to go. There’s no better example than Wikileaks. Julian Assange, whatever his critics may do to assassinate his reputation, will emerge as the Man of the Year 2010.
That’s where RAISE YATIN’s wrong. Very wrong. There’s a stage where the laws of privacy, however sacrosanct, need to take a backseat to public interest. RAISE, in trying to stop more TRASH coming out, is only making the public even more curious about what they may contain and whether they could further compromise the MAHATHIR’S image. So whoever has advised him to go to the Supreme Court has done him a serious disservice. If the court stops further publication of the LINGAMGATE, it will do his image far more harm than if they were revealed. Insinuation causes far more lasting damage than actual revelation because that’s when your business rivals get a free hand to float any rumours they want. And, as we all know, rumours cause greater damage than facts.
Having said that, I know where Mahathir is coming from. We, in MALAYSIA, have created a system so disgustingly corrupt that it’s impossible for anyone to survive in any business without having to necessarily resort to fixers and middlemen. That’s why people like ROSMA flourish. Not only because there are corrupt business houses eager to grab special favours from politicians and bureaucrats forever ready to offer them but also because there are also honest business houses who have no idea on how to navigate a system as venal as ours. They need an astute guide through the stormy waters. They need people who can advise them on how to deal with each rascal who tries to extort them at every stage. The system breeds its own who, in turn, approach and compromise people, even good people. Those chucking stones today at Vir and Barkha may well find that the friendly floozy they bumped into at some innocuous party last weekend, who later called back to ask for a few dumb favours was actually a honey trap.

What a disgrace, more so when Anwar is the parliamentary opposition leader. It is best for Anwar to take his impending suspension to the court of public opinion.’

So it may be a good idea if instead of throwing stones from a glass house, we all got together to clean up the house. This must begin with dismantling the corrupt system and exemplarily punishing the guilty, not just booting them out. You and I must also stop subscribing to the belief that corruption in MALAYSIA is a given and can’t be fought. In Japan, prime ministers have gone to jail. In China, top Government officers have been executed. So instead of cynically talking about moral codes for lobbyists, let’s repair and restore our institutions in a manner such that we can combat corruption. But first let’s start by believing it’s possible.
We all thought P.K.R was beyond redemption. But saudara Anwar did the impossible with just an extra million extra votes. That’s all it takes to upset the status quo, bring in change. A few tough steps and we can scare the pants off the corrupt. The question is: Will we fix the fixers or will we continue to wallow in self pity?



They’re sneaky. They lie. They’re evil. They think everyone else is an animal and therefore without souls. They’re the most despicable people on the planet to say the least. These evil doers are behind Hollywood, the porn industry, race mixing,the homosexual agenda …. you name it … and they’re the ones orchestrating it.
Before this only 2or 3 countries spoke up. . Now 145. T

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