Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) said the people and the international community deserve to know of the ministers’ performance, to show that Malaysia is on the right track towards accountability and reforms.

“That would be a true show of reform, accountability and transparency by the Madani government.

“Not only will this convince the rakyat of the stability and capabilities of the appointed Cabinet, but it will serve as a basis for the prime minister to assess the performance of the various ministries in determining allocations as well as Cabinet reshuffling,” said its president, Muhammad Mohan, in a statement today.

Muhammad said such practice would also have a positive impact on Malaysia’s corruption perception index in the long run.

“Ministers need not worry even if their performance is short of the mark as the purpose of the report card is to clarify what has been done and to justify the challenges and complexities of implementation. The rakyat deserves to know one way or another,” he said.

In July, Anwar introduced his Madani economic narrative and included a goal for Malaysia to ascend to the top 25 countries globally in the corruption perceptions index among seven key objectives to achieve within the coming decade.

In January, it was reported that Malaysia dropped points again in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index 2022 (CPI 2022), scoring 47 points.

In 2019, Malaysia had a CPI score of 53, but this dropped to 51 in 2020, and 48 in 2021.