Rais' endorsement of Obama irresponsible and stupid (malaysiakini)

This is part of the ONLY IN MALAYSIA series.

Read the following Malaysiakini report:

Foreign Minister Rais Yatim backed US presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday, saying a victory for the Democrat would improve America's relations with the world.

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"I hope Obama wins... due to the need of the world to see the United States represent a more cosmopolitan or universal political attitude and levels of relations," he told reporters.

"We have had the experience of sampling the Bush type of international politics and international dealings, so with Obama... I could visualise that there would be many more windows open to the world to understand America and for America to understand the world better," he said. - malaysiakini.com

I am personally a supporter of Barrack Obama. However, I find a Foreign Minister's backing of a candidate BEFORE he gets elected is irresponsible and stupid. Foreign Ministers should stay out of endorsing and supporting potential political candidates.

What if McCain wins? How would that affect US Malaysia relations? Think lah before you speak.

Rais Yatim has not only single handedly placed US Malaysia relations at risk, he has also created illwill between Malaysia and the Republican Party. The Republican Party, especially SENATOR John McCain is (still) an extremely influential section of US politics.

Ever wonder why no Foreign Minister or cabinet minister from anywhere outside the US has NOT ENDORSED EITHER CANDIDATE OPENLY? ONLY IN MALAYSIA YOU HAVE A FOREIGN MINISTER OPENLY ENDORSING ANOTHER NATION'S POLITICAL CANDIDATE! ONLY IN MALAYSIA!

Rais Yatim is not fit to be the Foreign Minister of any nation. His action today is both irresponsible and stupid; he has not only unnecesarily put US Malaysia relations at risk, he has also guranteed illwill towards Malaysia from Senator John McCain and the Republican Party.

Smart people use their brains before their shoot their mouths off.

ONLY IN MALAYSIA you can find a Foreign Minister that does not do that.

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Why the hell would you not publicly release an audit on PKFZ?

This is part of the ONLY IN MALAYSIA series.

Read this excerpt from this Malaysiakini report:

International accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has begun auditing the controversial government 'soft loan' provided to Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), among other contentious issues...“Auditing started this month and is expected to be completed by year’s end. Whether or not the report will be made public will be decided by the transport minister,” he said - malaysiakini.com


You employ this international auditing firm with our money, and then you keep the results a secret from us. ONLY IN MALAYSIA!

Wheres the public accountability?

You are using the rakyat's money to employ an international auditing firm (which would probably comes at double the cost to Malaysian taxpayers, pocket here, pocket there, pocket everywhere). If you are using our money, then bloody hell, make the report public!

The transport ministry itself was implicated in this scandal! Why the hell would you put the authority in the hands of the suspected? ONLY IN MALAYSIA!

Why not release the auditor's report, fully?

Scared?

How can you put the responsibility and authority in the hands of the suspected and give him the authority to decide whether the release a report that would POTENTIALLY INCRIMINATE THEM? ONLY IN MALAYSIA!

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