Why are Backbencher MPs behaving worst than...

The irresponsible manner in which Government Backbenchers took the
government ministries to task on non-issues is indeed a disappointment to the public.

It is worst if Members of Parliament from the Backbenchers are seen to be barking at the wrong tree or perceived to be abusing their parliamentary privileges to discredit targeted Ministries or Ministers.

MCA NGO Bureau called upon elected representatives to live up to the
KPI culture in their performance as Members of Parliament.

In the name of commitment, accountability,transparency and integrity Sri Gading, Dato’ Mohamad Aziz, ought to be taken to task for misleading the public with regard to the purchase of four used diesel multiple units (DMUs) by KTM Berhad.

He had barked at the wrong tree and should have done his
homework before smearing the Ministry of Transport by abusing his
parliamentary privileges and misleading the public into believing that
there are impropriety or abuses.

Of late, there are elected representatives from the government
backbenchers who are behaving worst than irresponsible opposition
members in distorting or misrepresenting to the public on alleged
abuses whereas there were existing blatant abuses and public misappropriations escaping their naked eyes.

Their actions had lead the public to believe that there was a dire need to upgrade the quality of our representatives who had failed to obtain further and better particulars from friendly parties or ministries but instead chose to blow a non-issue out of proportion thus causing increasing lack of public confidence on the government of the day.

This culture that used to be prevalent amongst opposition MPs is now prevalent among backbenchers raising the perception that our MPs lacked credibility, ability and integrity.

The questionable manner and sensationalism of a non-issue seems to
reflect on individual MPs but also reflects badly on the government
and Barisan Nasional as the ruling party.

One starts to wonder why are so many pressing and obvious issues or abuses such as the PKFZ scandal conveniently escape their eye? Why are they spinning a non-issue into an issue? Why are they picking only on a particular Minister and Ministry that has been acting in accordance with the public expectations of commitment, accountability and transparency?

These actions seem to be sending a wrong signal to the public. It is as if, the backbenchers are going for a head hunting spree.

Unfortunately the head that they are hunting seems to be those who are publicly perceived to be pursuing and walking the talk of public commitment, accountability and transparency.

Ti Lian Ker
MCA NGO Bureau Chairman