Very often whenever we air criticisms about cronyism and
legalistic use of power by our ministers to take monies from
taxpayers immorality through their political power, we are
countered by many allegations that our leaders in other countries
are taking monies under the table or receiving kick-backs without
proofs of such allegations.
Of course there is a need to understand that no one is perfect
and everyone will have some skeletons in the cupboard. It is also
necessary to recognize that as long as leaders award a project to
companies known or acquainted to them with accountability and
transparency and for national good there is no need to go overboard
in questioning any one particular government or leader.
No country is perfect and premier Wen whom we respect for
servant-leadership is also not perfect and he will be subjected to
scrutiny by his own people.
However our leaders often use propaganda of covert corruption
below the table in other countries to defend their own legalistic
tweaking of laws to do things for their own glories and for their
own taking of monies by claiming to be corruption-free and continue
with their hypocrisy tweaking and taking.
Which is worse kind of corruption – covert corruption or
legalistic tweaking and taking of public monies without morality
through hypocrisy and power.
Until we solve this problem in principle, our leaders will only
continue to use their power of number in parliament to pass all
laws to get what they want so as to look legal but actually what
they did was immoral and wrong with no one able to stop them from
taking monies for themselves now.
Let us examine the system and not fall into any propaganda trap
previously laid down for us citizens – by accusing leaders of other
countries for awards of tenders to their cronies while they are
taking their monies for themselves immorality by legalistic
tweaking of power.
So we should not just believe in propaganda-type of allegations
against other countries we praise or hold up as good leaders e.g.
postings of some forumers that Premier Wen is also guilty of
nepotism or covert kick-back too fast just because of such past
propaganda by our newspapers against good leaders we are admiring
to carry on their own legal tweaking or taking of monies through
power.
The fact is with this sort of propaganda against other countries
our leaders continue to try to justify their legal tweaking and
taking for their own benefit.
This is the systemic problem and hypocrisy affecting our people
which we should look at and address not by pointing out that other
leaders or countries are worse with stereotyped allegations against
them to avoid our systemic legal tweaking and hypocrisy to persist
in wrong and immoral governing.
When Wen and Hu are running a big country on a tight schedule we
can expect them to encounter jealousy from many gangs within
against their award of contracts to companies they are acquainted
with or encouraging to grow as part of nationalism or national
assets or part of the larger economic plan for the country in order
to succeed in overall plan.
If Wen is not awarding contracts to his cronies for his own
benefits but for the nation’s benefits then there is nothing to
worry about. Let the jealous people accuse them and rumour fall
flat without suing every one of their last possessions.
It is necessary to differentiate between covert corruption in
other countries and legalistic tweaking of laws and power to get
what are immoral by our leaders as seen in taking of taxpayers’
monies by immoral and wrongful comparisons and all the immorality
as found in Shin Corp and NKF.
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