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2nd September 2021
PATRIOT REGISTERS THE RAKYAT’s THREE-PRONGED EXPECTATIONS FROM THE ISMAIL SABRI ADMINISTRATION
Less than fourteen days have passed by since Ismail Sabri was elevated to the exalted position of 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia. And he subsequently handpicked his seventy-strong Ministers and deputies which the public see as been no different in numbers from the previous Mahaiddin administration that was cut short by public outcries.

Whatever the reasons for Ismail Sabri to retain the same number of Ministers and Deputy Ministers, academically it can be absolved as the prerogative of an in
coming prime minister. 

Patriot however gathers from its members and the overwhelming social media outpourings that Malaysians having been disappointed with the previous government now only hope that Ismail Sabri will perform better than his predecessor.
That hope cradled by patriotic Malaysians is understandable given the past seventeen months of instability that let loose the health pandemic to rise and punish 1.7 million people with the Covid-19 virus infections, 17,000 deaths not including the hundreds of suicides, countless job losses, inability to repay loans and to put food on the table.

Having to put up with three Prime Ministers in less than three years, Malaysians have nothing much to be proud of to say the least. The political instability is the single most critical worry that Malaysians share widely.
Patriot believes that the burden of bringing stability sits heavily on the shoulders of Ismail Sabri.

The unelected 9th prime minister hence must prove himself as an effective and capable leader able to galvanize the nation and place the country back on track.
Time is against him for the nation wasted a good seventeen months. The two pivotal national agendas that must be arrested by Ismail’s equally large administration is the health pandemic that has gone ballistic even with month after month of lockdowns and varying movement control orders and the economy that crushing the people and the nation’s coffers.
Patriot adds a third wish of the rakyat which is the runaway wagon of widespread corruption.
Karangkraf Chairman, Datuk Hussamuddin Yaacub as a concerned citizen formed the popular Rasuah Buster in an attempt to fight corruption at all levels. It speaks volumes about the gravity of the problem that is undeniably paralyzing the country on all its four paradigms of nationhood, namely politics, economy, social and environment.

The prime minister should know all too well that corruption in the country is setting in like a gangrene which must be eradicated without any compromises by the new government.

The public perception that has taken root is over the massive corruption among some top political leaders undoubtedly. It has become both a bane and yoke shaming the nation with a rating as one of the most corrupt destinations in the region.
Ismail Sabri being a senior member of the previous government and one who stood solidly behind Mahiaddin, must know what were the weaknesses of short-lived predecessor. It gives him no option to fail.

In responding to the call of His Majesty the King, Patriot too hopes that the new government should serve all Malaysians better. Ismail Sabri has also issued an ultimatum of 100 days grace period for his team to show their report cards. To help the prime minister further the cause, Patriot presents the following 10-Points to Ismail Sabri and his team for due consideration.
  1. Any Minister or Deputy Minister under Ismail Sabri who is alleged to be corrupt must be relieve of his post immediately to facilitate impartial and unhampered investigations. This also applies to all civil servants regardless of their position.
 
  1. Should a subordinate official in a Ministry or department be found to be guilty of corruption, the Head of that Ministry or Department must be made answerable in order to establish if there was a failed leadership and not absolved as has been the standard all this while.
 
  1. Ministers and Deputy Minister must welcome any proposal from the public that is considered worthy for the betterment of ministries. And the public must be informed where such proposals have been acted upon. Not responding or replying to inputs from citizens must cease immediately.
 
  1. Ministers and Deputy Ministers must conduct regular ‘town house’ sessions where the public can voice their grievances, and for the Ministers and Deputy Ministers to explain to the public any new policies of public interest. These must be effectively coordinated and carried out and not continue with the past practices of rushing through announcements and decisions at the eleventh hour before implementation.
 
  1. Ministers or Deputy Ministers must be banned from uttering words or making statements that can be construed as a threat to public sentiments and public order.
 
  1. The public must enjoy free access to any MP at all material and reasonable times as they are the elected representatives of the people who were elected and mandated to serve the people.
 
  1. Political appointees serving Ministers or Deputy Ministers should not behave like anointed ‘gate keepers’ of government contracts. They must facilitate and enable service providers every opportunity, free of corrupt intentions to participate at arm’s length in all opportunities created by the respective ministries. 
 
  1. All Ministers, Deputy Ministers and political appointees must make a formal Declaration of Assets immediately upon appointment. And it must be made public to avert undesirable political assassination of character.
 
  1. The practice of appointing politicians to hold positions in the boards of GLCs and GOCs must cease immediately. Heads of these organizations must be strictly based on one’s professional capabilities, experiences and a clean uncorrupt record.
 
  1. Appoint a professional, independent body to evaluate the 100-days performance of Ministers and Deputy Ministers. Those found to be under performing should be relieved of their job.
Patriot believes that all of the above ten points cannot be swept under the carpet or even given a miss by Ismail Sabri if he expects the people to work with him in dealing with the health pandemic, sinking economy and the widespread corruption in the country effectively and with sterling success.
Patriot will stand by the government and its leader for as long as the voice of the rakyat to save their nation gains traction. We believe the rakyat out the love of their nation demand the best from Ministers and Deputy Ministers, and will no longer tolerate ‘dead wood’ and underperformers that were so common in the previous administrations. 
     
 
 
Brig Gen Dato’ Mohd Arshad Raji (Rtd)
President
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