KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): The Cabinet must reject the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) statement for the 5-point drop in score from 53 to 48 and 11-point drop in rank in two years in the Transparency International Malaysia's (TI-M) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021 (TI CPI 2021), the worst two years in 27 years of TI CPI.
In a statement on Wednesday (Jan 26), DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang also called on the government to sack Tan Sri Azam Baki for incompetence and poor performance as MACC Chief Commissioner.
“The time has come to appoint a new MACC Chief Commissioner whose KPI (key performance indicator) includes raising Malaysia’s score and ranking in the annual TI CPI.
“The MACC must be told in no uncertain terms that “Enough is Enough” and that the time for statements which said 'sweet nothings' and 'clever after the event' are over,” said the veteran politician.
Lim added that the worst is yet to come as Malaysia’s TI CPI 2021 had not taken into account the allegations againt Azam which he said “had rocked the nation” for almost a month, as it was too recent a development to be an input in the TI CPI 2021.
“Malaysia’s score and ranking would be even lower if Azam-gate had been fully incorporated into the TI CPI 2021.
“Heads must roll in the MACC for this dismal TI CPI for two consecutive years — 2020 and 2021,” he said.
Lim trained his guns on Azam and said now there was the evidence of his dismal performance as MACC Chief Commissioner since his appointment in March 2020, pointing to the TI CPI 2020 and TI CPI 2021 which he described as the worst two years in the nation’s anti-corruption efforts for the past three decades.
“Is Azam prepared to appear before the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department to be questioned about his poor performance and failures as MACC Chief Commissioner and defend himself against the TI CPI 2020 and TI CPI 2021?”, he asked.
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