She added that the resolutions provided by the report, which was tabled in Parliament last week, were not as cut and dry as some have presented it to be.
Rafidah said the processes surrounding the dissemination of the 1MDB report appeared to be shrouded in secrecy, with many unexplained and unclear gaps present.
“Those gaps must be filled with necessary facts and all information (must be) clearly and transparently communicated to the people,” she said in a posting on her Facebook account yesterday.
Rafidah warned that with the world being borderless, information on virtually anything could be easily obtained and, hence, any effort to conceal details through certain laws and edicts would be pointless.
Although she did not mention which concealment law she was referring to, it is believed she was referring to the Official Secrets Act (OSA). The Auditor-General’s Report on 1MDB, which the PAC findings were based on, has been classified as an official secret under the Act.
Rafidah said the PAC’s role of accounting for all funds obtained from the public made the parliamentary panel accountable to taxpayers and, therefore, information gathered on a matter of public interest should be made accessible to all.
This, she said, included all reports of the deliberations on 1MDB and other related issues. She warned that if these were not transmitted to the public, it would result in further doubts and scepticism.
“There will be many who will remain sceptical as to whether things have been done properly, with integrity and accountability in the interest of the nation.
“More questions will be asked, especially when new information keeps coming in. I feel that the issues at hand will never be off the table, let alone be forgotten.”
She said while the country could go on functioning the way it always had, the public and the government must bear in mind that confidence in knowing there was trustworthy and reliable political and economic governance was important if Malaysia wanted to move forward.
“Confidence and trust are not easily recovered once lost. We have undeniably moved some steps in the resolution of those big issues, but from what I see, they are not firm, bold and confident steps forward.
“It appears now that the battles rage on in a seemingly unending war and still the issues are not resolved.”