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A personal touch to the PM’s aide’s remarks
LETTERS/SURAT
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
I did not have the honor of being in the seminar but reading the news I have noticed that the mainstream newspapers omitted the statement made by the PM’s Aide. They just mentioned his quitting. I believe the government is ashamed to even let it be published. For we all know, here in Malaysia, the government only paint beautiful, perfect pictures of our history. All flaws should be removed and hidden.
By avancc
What stunned me was, how could a person who is close to the PM, who spent more time than anyone of us (except his wife and children of course), not understand the PM’s plan of unity?
You know, Humans are very interesting creatures. If we get to watch someone long enough, we will copy some of their attitude, character, speech and gestures. And we copy the good ones as well as the bad. This is called Mutual influence.
So I wondered. A person who’s so close to the PM, to be given the “Special Officer” post, to be saying such remarks in a seminar. Either he’s gone against his superior’s plan, or he was merely repeating what his superior told him.
You know. Teachers will usually be able to guess what a parent is like by looking at the student.
That has been bad enough an image to display. But what made it worse was that he denied making that claim. Only to have his dismissal announced from his office, BUT NOT BY HIMSELF.
Well, he performed a serious offence which, in normal practice, should be treated with ISA or the Sedition Act. However, he was only slapped with a quick dismissal. And that too was not on his own accord.
As Malaysians are a forgetful lot, we easily forget things. And a quick dismissal will make 2 impacts:
1) They will claim that the “culprit” has been penalized/punished.
2) To close away any other dispute/speculation about him. If they left him to linger a little more, reporters may start asking questions and he may let out more hints of what’s behind the wall of the PM's office.
So, damage has been done. The person did not even admit wrong but had to be quickly dismissed to close away the focus of the public. What’s going to happen after this? I am expecting – NOTHING.
When you think properly, you might be able to catch a glimpse. Considering the above “mutual influence”, your common sense would tell you … Either something went wrong with BTN (as all officers would have to attend it right?); or SOMETHING’S GOING ON IN THE PM’S OFFICE. For if the government's top officers themselves are not clear about the goal of the PM, what more with us?
And your common sense would also tell you, if as a leader of a country your subordinates make a contradictory action to yours which will jeopardize your goal, would you just dismiss him, or punish him properly? And after that? Make a cleanup in your team to make sure your message is direct and clear where there will be no more of such in the future. Also, the selection of team members will be tightened. Common sense, right?
Such inaction/lack of enthusiasm only shows me one thing …. PUNISHING HIM WOULD BE UNFAIR AS HE WAS MERELY REPEATING WHAT HE WAS TAUGHT.
Well, looking at the situation, it suggests that either there’s a serious problem with the leadership (poor management and leadership skill), or a serious problem with the leader (his unity plan is a mockery as he keeps teaching his subordinates about disunity). Either way, the (dis)credit will still go back to the top, wouldn’t it? Now, still fancy such leadership? Are they changing? I would say - YES. They are changing to the worse.
西西留的翻译:
对首相助理被开除之我思我见
我没有这份荣幸出席这场讲座,而是由报章上注意到主流媒体报章省略了首相助理所做出的言论。他们只是带过他辞职的消息,我相信政府羞于发布这种新闻。我们都知道,在大马,政府只会描绘我们历史中的歌舞升平,所有的缺陷应该被除去或掩盖了。
我所震惊的是,一名首相的亲信,他花在首相身边的时间比谁都多(除了他自己的妻儿除外),可是却不明白首相的团结计划?
你知道的,人类是种非常有趣的生物。如果我们长时间注视某人,久而久之,我们将会模仿他们的某些态度、性格、说话和手势。好的坏的我们都照模仿不误,这被称为『相互影响』(Mutual influence)。
因此,我觉得惊讶,一名和首相如此亲密的人,他被赋予『特别官员』的职位,竟然在一场讲座会中说出这样的话。他是否是在对抗他上司的计划,还是说,他只不过把他上司告诉他的事重复说出来罢了。
你知道,教师一般上能够从学生身上猜到父母的样子。
这个给人的影响已经够糟的了,可是更糟的是,他却否认有说出这样的言论,唯有他办事处宣布了他已被开除,可是却不是他本人亲口说出。
是的,他犯了一个非常严重的罪行,应该以《内安法令》或《煽动法令》对付。可是,他不过是被开除而已,而且还不是他本人亲自请辞。
大马人善忘,我们轻易的把往事忘了,而这次迅速的开除行动将带来两种冲击:
一、他们将声称那头『代罪羔羊』已经被惩罚。
二、封闭其他人对他的议论。如果他们让他拖延一下,记者也许会开始质问,而他也许会把首相署办公室后的内部说溜嘴。
无论如何,目前是亡羊补牢的时候。这个人甚至没承认过他犯错,他只不过是被开除了,为的是避免这个事件成为公众焦点。接下来会发生什麽事呢?我可以猜到的是——马照跑、舞照跳。
如果你好好想想,就会发现其中的头绪。根据上述的『相互影响』论,你的普通常识会告诉你……要不就是国家干训局出了问题(所有的官员都必须出席,不是吗?),或是说,首相署办公室出事了。如果政府高级官员他们也搞不清楚首相的目标,那我们老百姓该怎办?
而你的普通常识也会告诉你,如果身为一名国家领袖,而你的下属的行为与你背道而驰,并破坏了你的目标,你是否只是将他炒鱿鱼,或是会将他适当的处分呢?接着又要怎样?清算你的团队,确保你的信息能够直接和清楚的下达,以保证以后不会有同样的事情发生。除此之外,团队人员的选择也将更加严格。这些都是普通常识,对吗?
像这种没有反应,或缺乏诚意的做法只能够显示出一件事……谴责他是不公平的,因为他不过是重复他所被教导的。好吧!让我们看看目前的情况,可以得出的结论是,或许领导层之间产生了一些严重问题(差劲的领导和领导方法),或是领袖的严重问题(他的团结计划是一场耍猴戏,因为他不断的教导他的下属不要团结)。无论如何,这些帐应该向高层人员清算,不是吗?现在你还在对这些领导人存有幻想吗?他们是否改变了呢?我想说的是——是的!他们改变了,可是是变得更糟。