The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday February 6th, 2023
Malaysia: Mapping out the deep state by Murray Hunter
he major objective of the ‘so called deep state’ is to seek, secure, and exploit rent-seeking opportunities, engineered by the players within the ‘political-institutional environment’. These ‘engineered opportunities’ are created through legal monopolies, favouring certain parties, while keeping procurement opaque. Parties within the system protects the players from facing investigation and prosecution, over any charges of abuse of power.
The ’so called deep state’ refers to an ad hoc and liquid set of institutions, agencies, crony corporations, and individuals, who are able to act ultra vires to the legal system with almost absolute impunity. ‘Engineered opportunities’ are legal or illegal activities that are able make profits. The ‘political-institutional environment’ relates to the cast of entities that enable the facilitation of profit-centred activities.
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Writing #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“Writing
Is to die and you look with a wide eye
To walk while standing
To scream and to be silent
To spit in the faces of others while smiling
To bear their spittle while smiling
Writing teaches you deceptive love”
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Ma-Siri & Alexa #52 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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