Time to reject incompetent politicians
It is an indisputed fact that incompetent politicians will ruin a decent economy and country.
By R Kengadharan, 
Every local politician today claims to uphold democratic values and his ability to handle constructive criticism. This is a fallacy.
Some are truly in politics because driven by passion whereas others are committed to lying, abusing power and misrepresenting the public at large. There is no common desire to act with integrity and dignity.
All this setbacks are standing in the way of our democracy. Because of unscrupulous politicians the reputation of the country is seriously damaged abroad and this deplorable conduct undermines our domestic stability.
While stability has always been regarded a vital importance of our national values, stability appears to be the single most selling point internationally for the country.
But the critical question is how can we correct the past and present wrongs committed which appears to be the most crucial element if we collectively desire to improve and enhance our peculiar democracy.
There is an immediate need to stop politicians from violating, breaching and fundamentally flouting national policies and guidelines.
Our politicians in general are neither smart nor clever and neither they are strategists nor they possess the mental aptitude and intellectual intelligence to articulate and present in a cohesive fashion national policies and problems to the public at large.
The acute incompetence on the part of our politicians will cause votes to swing and may risk alienating the entire future of the voters and possibly confuse and frustrate them.
It is an indisputed fact that incompetent politicians will ruin a decent economy and country and even cause unemployment to rise, waste millions on failed projects, investments and may steadily cause a rise in national deficit spending.
Surely we do not want the country on the wrong track.
New political paradigm
There is no doubt by reason of this incompetence and lack of intelligence, our cradle of democracy is limping and the danger of the wrong track/tracking is looming and hanging over us like a sword.
Therefore a proper candidature is imperative for a strong victory and good candidates will ultimately change the existing relationship between politicians and the people in general.
We, the voters, most certainly must reject un-electable candidates and perhaps there is a need to vet incumbents too and refuse to vote them if they are inadequate.
The atmosphere of the 13th general election will be entirely new and not quite like the past elections.
This election will be more event driven and may even give rise to a political crisis not seen before.
Perhaps we Malaysians may be witnessing the birth of a new political paradigm which may not be a real cause to worry.
R Kengadharan is a lawyer and an ex-ISA detainee.
