In his last post before his untimely demise, Pak Rustam shared his concern about the withering trust within the society. His posting, Trust is dead but hope is still alive succinctly potrays our current situation although the higher ups are still denying it for fear of losing their grip on slipping power.
They tried to show and console the public that there will not be conspiracy and cover ups in the never ending Anwar Ibrahim saga but will the public believe them after what happened in 1998 and the way they arte dealing with the current situation? I really doubt it since almost all government machineries are tainted or at least being connected with serious abuse of power and corruption. At least one of them is dealing directly with the on going investigation of the exciting yet tiring Anwar Saga.
PDRM is headed by one who is being implicated by Anwar during his 1998 trial thus how will the right thinking Malaysians particularly those non partisan to believe and trust the outcomes of the on going investigation? Although, they might be doing their job professionally but cloud of thickening doubts will always haunt them even untiul everything is demmed concluded. People will continue to talk about it since their image is already tainted at least for the past ten years after they bungled over the sodomy trial back in 1998.
Trust, being a pivotal part in life especially in police work should never been 'raped' particularly by those in power as once the public lost their trust in the integrity of the police force then it will take years or even impossible to regain their trust. In short, it is an irreparable damage unless the present authority takes the bold step to ameliorate the situation by for instance relieving themselves of the power they now hold albeit its slipping away. Such will never happened in Malaysia since accountability is not one of our leaders treasured trait.
Whatever the outvcomes of the investigation, people will still talk about it though Anwar is freed from all charges. Things will become more chaotic and confusing if the so called investigation find prima facie case against Anwar. Such misfortune can be avoided if the authority uphold their integrity and accountability f rom the very beginning of this confusing chain of events. I blame the authority for whatever the outcomes of the saga since trust is already dead!
"TRUST IS DEAD BUT THERE WILL BE HOPE"
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