Pak Lah's pledge to fight corruption has come to nought

After making sweet election promises 3 years ago, Pak Lah's pledge to fight corruption all out has come to this: a suddenly super efficient AG who has cleared ex-ACA DG Zulkipli, and current IGP Musa Hassan, of corruption. All in one stroke of a pen. Talk about efficiency when the investigation into both were only started barely months ago. Maybe this same "efficiency" explains Eric Chia's acquittal last month as well. One of the reasons given for ending the investigations (Ramli, the ex-ACA officer who first blew the whistle against Zulkipli, have queried under which law can the AG order corruption investigations by the ACA be stopped) was for lack of documentary evidence. As if people when giving bribes sign documents proving money have exchanged hands.

Transparency International has called for the AG to reveal the full report of the investigations as well as the basis for the decisions made, arguing that the AG statements thus far seems lacking in terms of soundness. Read Steven Gan's editorial and Jeff Ooi's blog entry for a deeper treatment of this matter. Up to voters to judge if they still want to place their hope in Pak Lah and his goons, as they did in 2004. So far he and his cohorts have delivered NONE of their sweet promises. And I am pretty sure they'll try the same old tricks again this coming General Election. Would voters wake up finally, or will they continue biting and swallowing the hook, line, and sinker?