12-30-2021, 10:02 AM
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From Clement Stanley
Edmund Terence Gomez has resigned from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission advisory panel as a matter of principle. His pursuit of the issue of extensive corporate stocks held by Azam Baki of the MACC has been futile. No one listened to him.
He has done the honourable thing. There is no point being in the panel purely for window dressing. If you are there merely to make up the numbers, you might as well not be there
When people choose to take up appointments in various NGOs, GLCs and government agencies to enhance their standing in society and become yes men, they are, in fact, doing a disservice to the community.
When such people see these appointments as glamorous and exuding a certain amount of power, they would only be embarrassing themselves if they become nothing more than co-conspirators and allies in a situation that smacks of being corrupt to the core.
Yes, there could be certain “rewards” by being a part of this “system”. But what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?
Time and again, we have seen how playing the role of the three monkeys at boardroom levels has benefited the corrupt and greedy. It is not that it goes unnoticed. It is probably in the know of those who make decisions.
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