Politics in Malaysia is ridiculously flawed. The system is broken. The
institutions are failing us. The individuals, in order to survive in the
system, become flawed themselves. There’s something wrong with the way
that society views politicians as well – why is it that at events they
are feted like royalty, with money being spent to make them feel
important, red carpet, worship? They are wakil rakyat, not
gods. Meet-the-public sessions should be sessions where the rakyat go
and ask them hard questions, to make them accountable, not to go and
shake hands and pose for pictures and worship the ground they walk on.
Why should so many people get police outriders? It is a disgusting
ecosystem.
- Marcus van Geyzel, lawyer and curator of Loyarburok.co. Quite taken from The Malaysian Insider
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