Let all of us be the judges for the sake of Malaysia!

Below is a good article that many Malaysian would not even care to take a glance at. The article reveals the state of the affair of the country under the BN and the roles of the opposition in checking the abuse by the BN. In particular, the remark by Dr. M about the BN's absolute strength and "we need more opposition MPs."

The sad thing about us if we do not even bother to care about what is happening to our country, auditor-general report for 2006 released recently actually did not reach the majority of the Malaysian although the major newspapers did a wonderful job in publishing the news prominently.

What happened to us? Are we becoming the living dead? Or have the BN casted the magic spell on us to make us "dumb, deaf and blind?" The auditor-general report is only as good as the people's mentality and the opposition is only as good as the people of the country.

The famous saying "you are what you eat!" is good to describe our government, the opposition and the country. It is the people that has the final say and we, my fellow comrades, should take our little first steps to make the BN and even the opposition responsible for their actions.

David Wong
DAP Sarawak publicity sec.,
27-09-2007




民主需要反对党 作者：陈建和

副首相纳吉说，我国仅需国阵政府领导万众子民迈向繁荣与安宁的国度，并不需要反对党的协助或领导。这话并不中肯，民主需要强而有力的反对党 ，监督及制衡政府，防止权力造成权力的腐化。

艺术、文化与文物部长莱士雅丁说，在一个民主制度的国家，国会须要有反对党的存在，在先进国家都是如此，绝不是存有煽动性元素。在任何民主的国家，都会有贪污腐化的问题，反对党负起监督贪污、腐败的行为，质问政府机构的各种弊端，担任促进发展的角色 。

大马在2006年的贪污调查指数再次下跌，造成我国在国际社会上的廉政形象深受打击，首相署部长纳兹里说。贪污是“前朝政府”累积下来的问题，在前首相的时代已经严重。我国有官方机密法令、印刷及出版法令的箝制，反对党及媒体难以发挥监督作用，或许如此，我国在贪污调查指数

当年行动党国会议员黄朱强在国会里询问吉隆坡市长买车没有经过批准，首相署部长回答有，英文报访问国库局长，答案是没有，结果吉隆坡市长辞职，以超过市价购买的豪华汽车被拍卖，损失了纳税人一大笔金钱。从这一事例可看出反对党可协助监督腐败的行为。

敦马哈迪在退位后，却说国阵在国会享有的92%多数议席是太强了，并对民主构成严重的威胁。他相信大马必须拥有一个强大的政府，但不是过于强大，当他在位时，国阵所赢得的三分之二议席已足够了，超过90%的议席则是过于强大。他也说：“我们需要足够的反对党议员。”

敦马又说，如果政府在执政上犯错，需要反对党的提醒，纠正可能出现的错误，否则让人以为所有事情都是正确无误的。他以前做任何事若无法决定时，经常等待林吉祥的反应，如果林吉祥说好，他便开始做。

敦马还说，城市华人选民认为他们需要反对党为他们争取权益，希望通过反对党为他们伸张华人课题。

政治人物不在其位后，才看得清事实，看得更透彻，并说公道话，不但发人深省，而且令人感触良多。