Nazri’s flamboyant special officer
How will Mohd Nedim who is best known for his temper and his penchant for ‘life in the fast lane’ serve as a good role model to youths in Nazri’s constituency?
When politicians like Nazri think little of the rakyat’s perception and believe it fine and fit to bring his flamboyant son on board the ministry, it is a sign that nothing is ever going to change for the better in the country, not until unscrupulous politicians like Nazri make an exit from politics.
Jeswan Kaur, FMT
‘Staying above the law’ – this is what politicians in this country enjoy the most, not the fact that they are here to serve the rakyat.
From cronyism to nepotism to flouting traffic rules gay abandonly, Malaysian politicians especially those from the Barisan Nasional camp, have done it all – shamelessly at that.
Seasoned politicans like S Samy Vellu decided it was his ‘right’ to determine when to quit politics, irrespective of the fact that the rakyat had long rejected him.
Then there was former Women, Familly and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Jalil who feigned ignorance when confronted with the ‘cowgate’ scandal that saw her husband and children being accused of misusing the RM250 million loan meant for the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) a cattle-rearing project to purchase luxury condominiums, a Mercedes and fund vacations.
While deputy prime minister Muhyidddin Yassin tried defending her, the NFC fiasco brought about Shahrizat’s downfall as a cabinet minister in April last year, leaving her with only the Wanita Umno head post.
But do Malaysian politicians’ ever bother learning from their misdeeds? Hardly.
Now, it is veteran politician-cum Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamad Nazri Aziz who beliefs ‘he is law unto himself’. Barely three months after being tasked with the Tourism and Culture Ministry, Nazri thought he could do with an ‘extra hand’ and guess who he chose to rope in – his scandalous son, Mohamad Nedim as his “special assistant”.
Nazri claims that Mohd Nedim will not be on the government payroll and would receive his dues from the former for tasks related to youths activities in Nazri’s constituency in Padang Rengas in Perak.
Just who is Nazri trying to kid? How will Mohd Nedim who is best known for his temper and his penchant for ‘life in the fast lane’ serve as a good role model to youths in Nazri’s constituency?
How did Nazri pull such a feat is anyone’s guess. However, if there is one thing the rakyat has learned from the ‘cowgate’ scandal and now the Nazri-Nedim ‘pact’, it is this – nepotism, cronyism and corruption (NCC) are to remain as the hallmark of Malaysia.
BN has lost the rakyat’s trust
The 2008 and 2013 general elections outcomes are sordid revelations of the people’s rejection of the Barisan Nasional government. The rakyat’s unhappiness stems from the fact that the BN politicians show no signs of repenting from their old habits of indulging in NCC.
When politicians like Nazri think little of the rakyat’s perception and believe it fine and fit to bring his flamboyant son on board the ministry, it is a sign that nothing is ever going to change for the better in the country, not until unscrupulous politicians like Nazri make an exit from politics.
Is there no ‘higher-ups’ whom Nazri is accountable to when it comes to hiring and firing? Or is that he has absolute freedom to do as he wishes, opening the doors of the Tourism and Culture Ministry to whosoever he likes?
Just how will Mohd Nedim contribute to the ministry, given his violent background and flashy lifestyle?
The rakyat has not forgotten the March 2012 incident where Mohd Nedim was alleged to have assaulted a security supervisor of the upscale Mont Kiara condominium.
As predicted, Mohd Nedim was never prosecuted by the authorities and not back in 2004 when a spat involving him and a 23-year-old law student left the latter dead.
Just like his father, Mohd Nedim too seems esctatic that he is ‘untouchable’ by the laws of this country.
