Although the novel coronavirus wrought havoc upon the Malaysian economy and greatly disrupted the day to day lives of ordinary Malaysians, its destruction is by all accounts mild when compared with the man-made disasters Malaysians have had to endure. For example, the Covid-19 case resurgence and the ensuing CMCO were totally avoidable. So were the frequent water cuts in the Klang Valley. These incidents epitomise the real problems facing Malaysia, whereby a gross lack of accountability culture has led to the flagrant mismanagement of the country’s precious resources, with such misconduct simply left to continue. Well, it is not as though Malaysia’s senior leaders have faced accountability for their own missteps, so why would the rest of the country ?

Even the Palace has had to issue a statement advising politicians to put the interests of the people and the country first when His Majesty sees that politicians are more interested in petty power struggles than the things they are supposed to do. The country’s future is doomed for as long as such culture of unaccountability stays and multiplies.