The mighty and the corrupt fall but not always View(s):The recent Malaysian elections that resulted in the downfall of a political party that has ruled the country for decades and the ouster of an allegedly corrupt leader have brought home an important lesson. Make hay while the sun shines may be a close English-language approximation of the Kotelawalian words but hardly as coruscating. The allegedly corrupt on both sides of the yahapalanaya administration have been exposed to the public. It was the celebrated author George Orwell who once said that “the people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims….. but accomplices”. But then what of those who have the power but still will not do so because as President Sirisena said the other day, there is more work to be done.

Source: Sunday Times May 26, 2018 19:08 UTC