Good governance, cleaning up corruption, vital for Malaysia to prosper in 2023, says Kit Siang

PETALING JAYA: Good governance and an emphasis on combatting corruption are needed to ensure Malaysia prospers in 2023, says Lim Kit Siang.

The DAP veteran said that Malaysians should not expect a miracle overnight but the unity government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must focus on several aspects in order to ensure the country will "be great again".

"While Malaysians must learn from the lessons of the 22-month Pakatan Harapan government to not to expect a miracle overnight and to undo the excesses and abuses of misgovernance of the nation in the past six decades with a blink of the eye, the Anwar(led) unity government must demonstrate its bona fides in two great tasks before it – how to make Malaysia great again and to start achieving the national unity from the diversity of ethnicities, languages, religions, cultures and civilizations that meet in confluence in Malaysia.

"Five aspects were highlighted; good governance, an anti-corruption drive, welfare of the people, judicial independence and national unity.

"Making public the report and recommendations of the Eminent Persons Council to the Pakatan Harapan government about institutional reforms in 2018, and the establishment of an ombudsman will be helpful in this direction," he said in his blog on Dec 31.