24/10/2025
โ ๏ธ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ โ ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ก?
Sometimes you have to ask the hard questions that everyone else is afraid to ask.
Because what weโre seeing today in some of our Government-Linked Companies (GLCs), government-funded entities, and statutory bodies in Sabah is not just disappointing, itโs alarming.
๐น ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐ค
Why are Chairmen, Board Members, CEOs, and senior officers of these public-funded organisations openly talking about contesting in elections, appearing at political events, and pre-campaigning, while still sitting in their government chairs, collecting their pay, and using their official titles? ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ!
Do they think the rules donโt apply to them?
Or are the people in charge too afraid or too unwilling to act?
๐น ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ?
Every GLC and government-funded company has a Board of Directors. Every statutory body reports to a Permanent Secretary and a Ministry. And yet, when top officers cross the line when they openly enter politics, misuse their platforms, or ignore their responsibilities thereโs nothing but silence.
Where are the checks and balances?
Where are the governance principles we talk so proudly about in seminars and workshops?
If the State Secretaryโs Office and Ministries remain silent, what message are we sending to the public? That discipline only applies to the lower ranks, but the top can do whatever they want?
๐น ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ
When a CEO or senior officer becomes a politician in waiting, when Boards allow it, and when Ministries ignore it the public loses faith not just in the individuals, but in the entire system.
Our people start believing that leadership is no longer about service itโs about self-interest. And thatโs dangerous.
Because once trust is lost, even the best policies mean nothing.
๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Sabah isnโt short of smart, educated, capable people. We have honest officers who work tirelessly behind the scenes but theyโre overshadowed by a few who treat government positions as stepping stones for political ambition.
๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.
We cannot keep normalising behaviour that blurs the line between public service and political self-promotion.
๐น ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ
Good governance isnโt just about writing policies or setting up committees. Itโs about acting decisively when the rules are broken.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ , ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ , ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ.
Because silence is complicity.
And complicity is corruption in slow motion.
๐น ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ
Letโs be honest, Sabah deserves better governance. Not leaders who talk about reform,
but leaders who practice it.
Not Boards who turn a blind eye,
but Boards who uphold integrity.
Not Ministries that whisper in corridors,
but Ministries that act with courage and fairness.
If we want public trust, we must earn it not demand it. And that begins with holding everyone accountable, regardless of their title or ambition.
Leadership is not about who speaks loudest, itโs about who stands up for whatโs right.
Sabah deserves leaders who serve. We deserve governance with integrity, not silence.
