MUST READ! This article highlights a painful similarity between how Malaysia is handling the investigation of MH370 and the way the Philippines handled the Yolanda crisis: - The catastrophe is exposing the deep fault lines characterising the countrys political economy. Since independence... the ruling elite have built and reinforced a political system that has institutionalised their cultural and economic dominance. - The system is so entrenched, it shapes and permeates all layers of society. Now were seeing it play out in how the administration is managing and communicating the investigation to the rest of the world. - Weve seen officials contradict each other over vital early details - The baffling stream of information must be heart-breaking for the relatives - What they should be doing is: Verify the incoming information; unify the message; decide which agency takes control of its dissemination and keep the families informed at all times. - But his and his cohorts mishandling of crisis communications has made the government look shifty instead of perhaps being just plain incompetent - Meanwhile, the elite have enriched themselves through a cosy network of crony capitalism that venomously lashes out at those who threaten its existence. - Its time the ruling coalition acknowledged that its supremacy - which has benefitted the few at the cost of many - needs a serious overhaul.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:53:40 +0000
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