— Gomen Man
The Malaysian Insider
Mar 23, 2012
MARCH 23 — Today was closure for Prime Minister Najib Razak. Not for Malaysia and not for Shahrizat Jalil or her family, most recently known for their involvement in the National Feedlot Centre scandal.
Closure because Najib has been forced to publicly back Shahrizat as the Wanita Umno chief or face the possibility of some form of a revolt from the Wanita ranks.
This scenario was communicated to Putrajaya by Wanita Umno in not to subtle ways. So Shahrizat got to pick her “retirement” date from Cabinet and the assurance that she can remain as Wanita chief.
So today she was feted by her wing, the same wing which was clueless and probably thought that the NFC meant the National Feeding Committee when Shahrizat made light of the scandal at the Umno general assembly.
My advice to readers of The Malaysian Insider and other Malaysians is save your indignation for some other occasion. Surely you did not expect Najib to sack Shahrizat. He needs all the support he can get from his party, not only for the general elections but more so for the Umno elections.
In the eyes of most Malaysians, Shahrizat and her family will never be able to live down the NFC tag but in Wanita Umno, she is the queen bee. And much of that has to do with the lack of credible leaders in Wanita and Umno in general.
But I would not blame Najib too much. Remember Zakaria Deros, Muhammad Muhammad Taib, Jamaluddin Jarjis, Tengku Adnan Mansor, Ali Rustam, Isa Samad.
They all may have failed miserably in the court of public opinion but they are all thriving in Umno and most of them are occupying top positions.
In some ways, even the children of Umno leaders are exempt from the normal rule of law. Malaysiakini today reported that two police reports have been lodged against the son of Nazri Aziz for assaulting a security guard at a condo in Mont Kiara.
Do you think he will be charged for anything?
#1 by tak tahan on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 12:05 am
No!no!no! under Umno regime!!
#2 by boh-liao on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 5:30 am
HOW can Ah CHEAT kor NOT back COWwitch? All same same 1, role models of UmnoB/BN
How much? 250 million – such chicken/cow feed compared 2 other cases, sup sup sway
Just compare dis amount with d amount thrown openly 2 d exMAS golden boy
Rakyat ALL LOSERS as long as UmnoB cheats n plunderers remain in P’jaya – ABU abu ABU
#3 by dagen wanna "ABU" on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 9:09 am
Speaking of children of umnoputras having immunity, what is happening to that public “I love you declaration” murder of a chinese boy some yrs ago? Wasnt it in the news report that one of those ppl responsible for the murder is the son of a certain politician?
#4 by yhsiew on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 11:08 am
///Surely you did not expect Najib to sack Shahrizat.///
Here we have a PM who condones corruption – a PM who only cares about his party/cronies and not the rakyat.
#5 by yhsiew on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 11:19 am
///They all may have failed miserably in the court of public opinion but they are all thriving in Umno and most of them are occupying top positions.///
Umno will soon become an elites club which is out of touch with people on the street.
#6 by Jeffrey on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 11:19 am
Najib told UMNO Wanita grassroots members that there was no reason for Shahrizat to resign as Wanita head as there was no proof of wrong-doing. Well given that a cabinet position is conventionally the prize and reward for helming the party’s important wing, then why (if there was no proof of wrong-doing) did you not renew her senatorship and allow her to continue her pre-existing privilege as Minister for Women, family and community? If she was good enough to be endorsed as head of Wanita UMNO why was she not good enough tobe endorsed to resume her appointment as senator and minister?
#7 by dagen wanna "ABU" on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 11:24 am
The only country in the world where the ruling political party celebrates and champions corrupt members.
#8 by tak tahan on Saturday, 24 March 2012 - 10:02 pm
/Do you think he will be charged for anything?/
In the case of eye-witness,he might be initially charged in our ‘wayang kulit’ court house as like the usual old yet tiring play script which causes soreness to the eyes and ears.By the way,was he visiting cows in the condo with his bunch of tight security guards and machais?Getting the cows all over the condos and farms to gang-up against the the common and decent public?