brings us toward a democratic society. We have discussed about ‘A’ and ‘D’ of ‘ADA’, now let’s move on to the last component which is Accountability. Basically, it is about the responsibility of the government to its citizens, there must be some channels provided for the people to use it to voice out their opinions, needs and wants. Do we have the chance to speak out through certain communication system channels? What are the channels that we have?In a democratic country, citizens have their own rights to be informed on what is going to happen in future, especially in the aspect of politic. What is government always doing is actually all for the citizens, therefore, there is nothing wrong with the latter to find out the truths through any channel, and also give their feedback. Government which is willing to receive the feedback from the citizens and takes an
important consideration about it then makes an effective and satisfying decision is called democratic. Let’s put it in the context of Malaysia, did our government receive the feedback from us and change the plans they already have? Or it blames on the feedback and stops the accessibility of channel which we use to voice out our opinions?
I would like to take the issue which has been raised up before, MALAYSIA TODAY is a channel which Raja Petra uses it to write about the truths, the blog readers are also able to leave their comments, it is one of the ways that people voice out their opinions on the recent politic. Unfortunately, the blog has been blocked and Raja Petra was arrested under ISA, he is not given any chance to express his opinions and tell the truths which are considered inciting the country by the government. Do you think our government is accountable to us?
Accountability is the most important character in a society which declare as democracy if compare with other two of character. This is because of accessibility in internet and diversity of information would not exist if a society which do not have accountable of governme
nt and people. For instance, the issue of a chieftain of UMNO Ahmad Ismail told an irresponsible speech which about the existence of Chinese Malaysian in Malaysia during the by-election in Permatang Pauh. This issue had become a hot and a big issue in our country during that time. As you can see this kind of irresponsible leader would destroy the unity among race. Besides that, a democratic society must have the element of accountability to ensure people or even leaders act responsible in order to maintain the stability of a country. Moreover, the important reason of accountability in a society is because of government which is actually chosen by our people through the General Election and they represent us to making policies in cabinet. At the same time, they have to be responsible to us so that our people would know that what kind of policies they have planned for our country and whether it would brings benefit to our people or erodes the right of people.
In conclusion, technology actually can improve the relation among people t
hereby our people have a platform which used for get various information from internet and make discussion and best decision to solve our current hot issue or governmental policies through an abstract space which known as “Public Sphere”. However, nowadays, unfortunately there are a lot of leaders attempt to control the technology like filtering the website in order to avoid someone against them and consolidate their regime. A society must have 3 kind of character like “Accessibility, Diversity, Accountability” thereby to built up a totally democratic society and technology can be said that is a proper tool which can be used by our people toward democracy in future. Who knows once a day it will brings a big reformation and impact for our country?
By ER SIANG (ryan) & YING SHIN
important consideration about it then makes an effective and satisfying decision is called democratic. Let’s put it in the context of Malaysia, did our government receive the feedback from us and change the plans they already have? Or it blames on the feedback and stops the accessibility of channel which we use to voice out our opinions?I would like to take the issue which has been raised up before, MALAYSIA TODAY is a channel which Raja Petra uses it to write about the truths, the blog readers are also able to leave their comments, it is one of the ways that people voice out their opinions on the recent politic. Unfortunately, the blog has been blocked and Raja Petra was arrested under ISA, he is not given any chance to express his opinions and tell the truths which are considered inciting the country by the government. Do you think our government is accountable to us?
Accountability is the most important character in a society which declare as democracy if compare with other two of character. This is because of accessibility in internet and diversity of information would not exist if a society which do not have accountable of governme
nt and people. For instance, the issue of a chieftain of UMNO Ahmad Ismail told an irresponsible speech which about the existence of Chinese Malaysian in Malaysia during the by-election in Permatang Pauh. This issue had become a hot and a big issue in our country during that time. As you can see this kind of irresponsible leader would destroy the unity among race. Besides that, a democratic society must have the element of accountability to ensure people or even leaders act responsible in order to maintain the stability of a country. Moreover, the important reason of accountability in a society is because of government which is actually chosen by our people through the General Election and they represent us to making policies in cabinet. At the same time, they have to be responsible to us so that our people would know that what kind of policies they have planned for our country and whether it would brings benefit to our people or erodes the right of people.In conclusion, technology actually can improve the relation among people t
hereby our people have a platform which used for get various information from internet and make discussion and best decision to solve our current hot issue or governmental policies through an abstract space which known as “Public Sphere”. However, nowadays, unfortunately there are a lot of leaders attempt to control the technology like filtering the website in order to avoid someone against them and consolidate their regime. A society must have 3 kind of character like “Accessibility, Diversity, Accountability” thereby to built up a totally democratic society and technology can be said that is a proper tool which can be used by our people toward democracy in future. Who knows once a day it will brings a big reformation and impact for our country?By ER SIANG (ryan) & YING SHIN
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