One of my wish list for a leader

Subject: The Life of Iranian President Ahmedi Nijad'

The Fox News TV (USA) asked the Iranian President Ahmedi Nijad;

'When you look into the mirror in the morning what do you say to yourself'?

He answered: I see the person in the mirror and tell him 'Remember,
you are no more than a small servant, ahead of you today is the heavy
responsibility, and that is to serve the Iranian nation'.

Ahmedi Nijad, the Iranian President who astonished many when he first
reached to the office of the Presidency by donating all the high valued
Iranian carpets to one of the mosques in Tehran by replacing them with the
low cost ordinary carpets.

He observed that there was a huge extravagant lounge for receiving and
welcoming the VIPs and he ordered it to be closed and asked the protocol
office to arrange for an ordinary room only with the wooden chairs.

On many instances he joins the cleaning staff of the municipality
for cleaning the streets in the area where his home and the Presidency are
located.

Under his authority whenever he appoints any minister to his post he
gets a signed document from him with many points, particularly
highlighting that he shall remain poor and that his personal and his
relatives accounts will be watched and the day he leaves the ministry
shall be with dignity, and therefore it is not lawful for him or his
relatives to take any advantage of his office.

First of all he declared himself for all the 'Big' wealth and the
property he owned was a Peugeot 504 car, model 1977, an old small
house inherited from his father 40-years ago in one of the poorest
zones in Tehran. His accounts with a zero balance and the only money
comes in to his a/c was from his salary from the university as a
lecturer with an amount of US$ 250 only.

For your information the President still lives in that same house. This is
all what he owns; the president of one of the world's important countries;
strategically, economically, politically and with regard to its oil and
defence.

He even doesn't take his personal salary with the argument that all the
wealth belongs to the nation and he is the safeguard over it.

One of the things that impressed the staff at the presidency is the bag
the President brings with him every day, which contains his breakfast;
some sandwiches or bread with olive oil and cheese prepared by his
wife and eats and enjoys it with all happiness.

One of the other things he changed was his personal carrier 'the
President's Aircraft' to a cargo aircraft in order to save the
spending from the public treasury and he ordered that he will be
flying with the ordinary airline in the economy class.

He organizes meetings every now and then with all the ministers to know
their activities and efficiency and he closed down the office of the
Manager of the president and any minister can enter to his office without
any permission. He also stopped the welcome ceremonies like the red
carpet, the photo session or any personal advertisement or respect of
any kind while visiting any place in the country.

Whenever he has to stay in any of the hotels he asks them to make sure not
to give him a room with any big bed because he doesn't like to sleep on
beds but rather likes to sleep on the floor on a simple mattress with a
blanket.


The Iranian president is sleeping in the guest room of his house after
getting away from his special guards who follow him wherever he goes and
photo is taken by his small brother according to the Wifaq Newspaper which
published this photo and the next day the photo was published in most of
the world's newspapers and magazines and particularly the Americans.

During the prayer you can see that he is not sitting in the first row.

And the final photo is of his dining room where the president is busy
eating his simple meal.

Now, I wonder how much does the Prime Minister of Malaysia and his Cabinet costs Malaysia? Not counting all their ill-gotten gains through corruption and abuses of power!

A good Muslim leader leads by example.


And the Leader that we had



Slip Pendapatan Bulanan bagi Menteri Penuh Malaysia termasuk Ketua-Ketua Menteri
1. Gaji Pokok RM18,000 - sulit untuk public, tidak boleh didedah kpd orang awam
akhbar ditegah mendedahkannya.Terikat dgn akta Parliment
2. Elaun Keraian RM10,500.00 - tidak sulit, pendedahan harus berhati-hati
3. Elaun Perumahan RM10,800.00 - tidak sulit - pendedahan harus berhati-hati
Kebanyakn menteri ada rumah sendiri, jadi tuntutan ini masuk poket mereka sajalah
4. Elaun Wakil Rakyat RM10,650.00 - tidak sulit tapi tidak orang semua tahu.
5. Elaun parking RM 5,700.00

Jumlah pendapatan bulanan RM55,650.00 yg wajib terima samada sakit atau tidak kerja
Lain-lain kemudahan
1. Bercuti keluar negara sekali setahun terutama selepas persidangan Dewan Negara-
semua perbelanjaan ditanggung oleh kerajaan termasuk tiket penerbangan,hotel, duit
poket sebanyak RM50,000.00. Kalau tidak bercuti keluar negara seorang menteri
boleh menuntut sebanyak RM50,000.00 tanpa resit.
2. Bil letrik percuma ditanggung oleh kerajaan Malaysia
3. Bil Air percuma ditanggung oleh kerajaan Malaysia
4. Bil telefon percuma ditanggung oleh kerajaan Malaysia
5. Peruntukan perkakasan dapor/perhiasan rumah dll boleh dituntut setahun sekali
sebanyak RM40,000.00
6. Sebuah kereta Mercedes S320, di lengkapi dgn talipon bimbit,satu driver,minyak
percuma.Kalau pakai pemandu kementerian,dapatlah duit percuma.
7. Semua pemberian derma spt kpd perkahwinan, kematian,atau pemberian kpd badan
kebajikan kebajikan boleh dituntut.
8. Boleh mengadakan rumah terbuka setiap hari raya, segala perbelanjaan ditanggung
oleh kerajaan. Kebiasaan Menteri menuntut sebanyak RM400,000.00
9. Setiap menteri biasanya tuntutan mereka sebanyak RM45,000.00 semua elaun
perbelanjaan tidak termasuk elaun-elaun dalam slip pendapatan bulanan.

Slip Pendapatan Bulanan Bagi Timbalan Menteri
1. Gaji Pokok RM15,000 - sulit untuk public,tidak boleh didedah kpd orang awam
akhbar ditegah mendedahkannya.Terikat dgn akta Parliment
2. Elaun Keraian RM9,500.00 - tidak sulit, pendedahan harus berhati-hati
3. Elaun Perumahan RM9,800.00 - tidak sulit- pendedahan harus berhati-hati Kebanyakan
menteri ada rumah sendiri, jadi tuntutan ini masuk poket saja lah poket sendiri
4. Elaun Wakil Rakyat RM10,650.00 - tidak sulit
5. Elaun parking RM 5,700.00

Jumlah pendapatan bulanan RM50,650.00 yg wajib terima samada sakit atau tidak hadir bertugas.

Lain-lain hal
Maklumat diatas adalah berdasarkan tangga gaji seorang menteri pada tahun 1999. Saya rasa terdapat sedikit sebanyak perubahan sehingga sekarang. Pendapatan diatas tidak termasuk dari lain-lain sumber seperti berikut:
1. Pengerusi syarikat/lembaga jabatan kerajaan
2. Pengerusi syarikat swasta yg dilantik
3. Pedapatan dari syarikat persendirian spt kontrak dll
4. Pendapatan dari kroni-kroni peribadi
5. Saham yang diberi khas oleh kerajaan sebanyak 300,000 unit setiap masa.
6. Tidak termasuk dari pendapatan luar negara
7. Lain-lain sumber