Follow Denmark, Finland, New Zealand in fighting corruption, says watchdog
TI-Malaysia (TI-M) president Dr Muhammad Mohan
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This comes after Malaysia's CPI raking went up by one to 62 from last year while the points show the increas
TI-Malaysia (TI-M) president Dr Muhammad Mohan said: "The significant decrease statistically shows we are heading towards the wrong direction to fight corruption, support human rights and democracy in the public sector."
He said this while when presenting the 2022 CPI results in Kuala Lumpur.
The Covid-19 stimulus packages announced without a debate in Parliament was among the reasons identified towards the decline.
Other causes were the appointment of unqualified politicians to lead government-linked companies and government-linked investment companies.
Muhammad said among others were the reluctance to tackle excessive costs decisively such as the littoral combat ship (LCS) issues were a factor to the CPI decline.
These incidents took place before the 15th General Election (GE15).
Malaysian Corruption Watch (MCW) president Jais Abdul Karim said the unity government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was believed to be able to restore the CPI score in the coming years as they were committed in curbing corruption.
"We will see how the current government will continue the reform measures that were being implemented," he explained.
The government was urged to follow Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway and even Singapore's practices to achieve a higher CPI.
This would enable the country to succeed in fighting corruption and attract more foreign investors into the country.
