KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia scored a dismal 35 out of 100 points in the Open Budget Index (OBI) 2008 and is ranked 53rd out of 85 countries, prompting Centre for Public Policy Studies chairman Tan Sri Dr Ramon Navaratnam to declare he was “surprised and embarrassed.”
Malaysia is now listed under the “minimal information” category on Budget information provided by the Government, behind countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Suprises and Embarrassed.
Why should they be surprised and embarrassed ? In fact the result shown is expected. The rakyat is losing faith and hope on each constituition and state. The people that they elected should hold some of the responsibility to inform the community about the budget and the benefits of it. But I bet some of the people elected also do not know the details of the budget.
So, Lets zoom into what when wrong and what is the root cause. Needs your comment?
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