It is very ironic in Malaysia that despite the government as its daily routine engage in deplorable acts of corruption, no one was bothered with what the Auditor-General (A-G) has to say about this. If the scenario were to take place here in New Zealand where the audit profession is under round-the-clock public scrutiny, the A-G would have long ago been thrown out of the office for its inability to ensure transparency and accountability over the public funds.
I couln't agree more with what Malik Imtiaz Sarwar had presented here, here and here on how the A-G is responsible to provide accountability information to the parliament who would then scrutinise and monitor the government’s performance. He highlighted an important trait of the A-G that most Malaysian citizens (including me) are not familiar with i.e. the fact that A-G is a creation of the parliament therefore it sits on the same level as the executive branch, the legislature branch as well as the judicial branch. This effectively means that the A-G can report anything it wants because unlike other civil servants, it does not have any interest in the government. Hence theoretically, the A-G’s independence is secured. But...
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