GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia

mINIstER’s FoREWoRD
Dato sERI mohamED NazRI bIN abDul azIz
minister in the Prime minister’s Department
When the Fighting Corruption
National Key Result Area
(ANTI-CORR NKRA) was
conceived in 2010, we would
face a challenge to overturn
what has become an accepted
way/part of life for many
Malaysians.
This is underscored by the steady decline
in Malaysia’s ranking in Transparency
International’s Corruption Perceptions Index,
where we scored 5.1 in 2008, 4.3 in 2011.
Corruption, both petty and grand, has become
so entrenched in our society that despite the
existence of an elaborate anti-corruption
framework the level of perception of corruption
in the country has remained stubbornly high.
Under GTP 1.0 we implemented a number
of initiatives around three core aspirations:
corruption through greater enforcement,
improving Malaysia’s ranking in Transparency
International’s Corruption Perceptions Index,
and improving the rakyat’s perception of the
integrity of the government and the civil service.
These were largely measures meant to lay the
foundation for wholesale change in our attitude
towards corruption.
Malaysia is the only country in the world
that has made fighting corruption a national
Key Performance Indicator (KPI), which is a
clear indication of just how serious we are
about eradicating corruption from our country.
As the minister in charge of the NKRA, I am
proud to report that our efforts in combating
corruption have yielded significant results. In
2012, Transparency International’s survey
showed that Malaysia’s Corruption Perceptions
Index rose from 60th spot to 54th, which is
a strong endorsement of the work that we
have been doing in the NKRA. We owe this
improvement to a number of initiatives that
we have put in place over the last two years.
Of particular significance is the Government’s
decision to implement Compliance Units in
selected enforcement agencies to monitor the
performance and behaviour of civil servants and
enforcement officers, and to ensure compliance.
This represents a major step towards creating a
bribe-free society.
The development of the electronic
MyProcurement Portal, which lists information
of advertised and awarded tenders and contracts,
has helped increase transparency and raised
confidence in the Government’s tender process.
However, it is too soon for us to say that
our work is done: We have made excellent starts
but the work must continue. Hence, for the next
three years under GTP 2.0 we have raised the bar
to achieve our targets under four workstreams:
Enforcement Agencies, Grand Corruption,
Government Procurement and Education and
Public Support. These four workstreams are
tailored to address the key elements involved
in corruption and will provide the overarching
guidelines for their respective initiatives.
The Government is fully aware that
corruption remains one of the biggest threats to
its ambition of attaining high-income status by
2020, but the fight against corruption cannot be
won overnight. Consequently, the building blocks
introduced under GTP 1.0 will be strengthened
through new initiatives over the next three years
to ensure the momentum for change is sustained
at all levels. That said, change at the policy level
alone will not be sufficient. Broad reforms across
the board to minimise the opportunities and
practice of corruption must be implemented.
Malaysia is the only country in the world
that has made fighting corruption a National Key
Performance Indicator (NKPI), which is a clear
indication of just how serious the Government is
about eradicating corruption from the country.
We have heard the concerns expressed by all
stakeholders, and we are confident that with
greater co-operation we can make significant
headway in this fight.
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Government transformation Programme—Annual Report 2012 Chapter Five