“Any Member of Parliament who offers, gives or accepts bribes in any form from parties with an interest in holding office commits an offense within the meaning of Art. 16 of the MACC Act 2009,” Azam Baki, MACC Deputy Commissioner for Operations, was quoted as saying by Bernama.
Azam said that no such crimes involving parliamentarians have been committed up to now.
Bersih’s Yap urged the general public to report any such incidents to the anti-corruption agency.
“This is the right move by MACC to monitor the situation. “Anyone who has any information about such conduct by parliamentarians should certainly file a report with the MACC,” Yap said.
Cynthia Gabriel, founder and executive director of the Center for Combating Corruption and Cronyism (C4), stated that political corruption almost destroyed the nation through the 1MDB financial scandal and grew through the years under the previous Barisan Nasional party’s six-decade rule. regime.
“We need to check monetary policy in such an unstable situation,” said Gabriel, who’s a member of the government-appointed 1MDB investigative committee and the committee developing the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
“Alliances also change depending on political developments, and in such a confusing and very tense scenario, cash may reign supreme,” she said.
“A monumental victory during [the general election in May 2018] has signaled a huge need for change and real structural change in the fight against corruption rooted in, for example, political financing and the awarding of contracts,” Gabriel said.
“[Corruption] remains a serious governance problem and directly threatens the effective independence of institutions such as the judiciary, the MACC and others,” Gabriel said. “And in this state of political turmoil, our institutions must operate without fear or favor.”
On Monday, Mahathir sent shockwaves across the country when he abruptly resigned as prime minister and chairman of the Bersatu party.
The King of Malaysia accepted his resignation but appointed him as interim Prime Minister.
Mahathir met Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on Thursday. There were no details of the meeting.
According to local press, he returned to his party on Thursday.
This article appeared within the print edition of the South China Morning Post as: The MPs warned not to just accept bribes
