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It is only most unfortunate then that public funds have to be spent, valuable time consumed and resources exhausted to get to this point and only to re-affirm the suspicions of the man in the street. By J. D. Lovrenciear
The government should be commended for its morally right decision in making the Royal Commission's report on the Lingam Tape public and without further dribbles. Likewise, the royal commission members should be commended for their courage, determination and ethical ground as they have surmounted the pressures of the day and presented their perspectives without fear or favor. In the wake of this most shocking revelation garnered from the tabled report, what surfaces is the fact that the public perception of the Malaysian judiciary was spot on all these while. It is only most unfortunate then that public funds have to be spent, valuable time consumed and resources exhausted to get to this point and only to re-affirm the suspicions of the man in the street. One wonders, if the rakyat and their resolute representatives had not persevered, what would become of the rigged and tainted pinnacle of justice - the judiciary. As such, the government and all those who hold or held office as guardians of this nation's well being must take the rap for their oversight, undersight and no sight of the gross wrong doings that were sealed into place all these years. The man in the street reasons: - As elected Representatives was it not your moral obligation to uphold justice, practice and ensure as well a corrupt free governance? - Being in power, why was it not you the elected leaders who raised the curtain to reveal the sordid state of affairs but it had to take the humble rakyat to cry foul for so long? - And when the rakyat did raise the matters at numerous venues and through various avenues, why did you our elected Representatives who proclaimed to be our leaders take so long to get the truth out? This brings us to the next junction of this nation's history: Will the government of the day learn from its gross mistakes and take the bull by the horn in cleaning up our political landscape that is riddled with all sorts of perceived corruption? Or will the rakyat have to marshal in solidarity for results again? Hopefully the government under the leadership of our PM will seize the opportunities that arise from crises and restore this nation to its glorious yesteryear's. And should the government continue to keep its snail's pace, it would be as good as a gross failure to tackle and resolve the punctured misdeeds that are destroying this nation. The journey has not begun. The AG must act decisively then, given the report from the royal commission.
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