Something is rotten in Angkasa
Angkasa - the National Cooperative Organisation of Malaysia - should put its house in order, before raising uncalled-for arguments to hide its shortcomings. Likewise its veiled threats have to stop.
Angkasa has not consulted the views of the cooperatives at large on the major amendments to the Cooperative Act 1993 and the implementation of the Cooperative Commission Act. It is a blatant abuse of their representation to the government.
They have created chaos in the cooperative movement, which consists of over 6,000 cooperatives with a membership of over 6 million members, or about 15 million if family members are included. This has led to these organisations to seek legal recourse.
Angkasa must realise that its carelessness in handling the issue has triggered a constitutional matter. Blaming Royal Professor Ungku Aziz and shifting blame for the mistake is unethical. Lessons have to be learned that whatever decisions taken is a collective responsibility of all the board members.
It is a well-known fact that contracts were awarded to a company which has self-interest in the project, and the contracts were approved without costing. This is totally unacceptable. Even the Cooperative Development Department, when informed of this negligence, swept it under the carpet.
The investigated shortcomings in Angkasa highlighted by the then director-general of the Cooperative Development Department bears testimony of its mismanagement. It is hoped that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission would expedite its investigation and bring the matter to rest.
The Angkasa directors should be suspended immediately and a director of operations be appointed to resuscitate the ailing cooperative sector.
Malaysiakini: Jul 13, 09 4:15pm
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