Opposition being as corrupt as Umno/BN is a simplistic notion

 

So, what’s the alternative? Keep Umno/BN since any replacement would be as corrupt anyway?

Joe Fernandez 

Some people are claiming in Malaysia Today that their principle is not to support a party — meaning Pakatan Rakyat (PR) or other Opposition — which is “likely to form a corrupt Government” like that foisted on the people by Umno/BN the last 56 years.

Their notion of corruption is giving or taking, whether under the table or over the table, whether money or sex or in kind in other forms like material possessions.

So, what’s the alternative? Keep Umno/BN since any replacement would be as corrupt anyway?

There are also those who have a principle not to have any principles.

In law a principle would be to draw a line somewhere so as not to open the floodgates.

Having said that, corruption is not merely the act of giving or taking money, as many people believe.

Corruption is the act of making everything that one touches go bad.

For example, fiddling with the examination marks of students under the euphemism “state secret” is a form of corruption.

Handing out degrees freely to morons under the quota system including in critical disciplines is a form of corruption.

Making voters captive by foisting the Dependency Syndrome on them is a form of corruption.

Opportunism like turning Article 153, NEP and Article 3 into Sapu Bersih clauses is a form of corruption.

Squatting on the Brightest and Best is a form of corruption.

Calling oneself Bumiputera while denying the same right to citizens by operation of law who are issues of citizens by operation of law is a form of corruption.

Forcing non-Muslims into Islam or otherwise declaring non-Muslims as Muslims even when they are not or not allowing Muslims to leave Islam are all forms of corruption.

The list goes on and on.