COMMENT | Johari Abdul, the Dewan Rakyat speaker, and one of Anwar Ibrahim's most trusted lieutenants, need not worry about the allegation that he had appointed his son as a special functions officer.

There is one solution. Create an unpaid role for his son. Gullible critics are happy when they hear the magic words, "free".

Johari should tell his critics that the appointment was not to misuse power or to enrich his son.

Impress upon them that his son would not have any power, nor would he be able to grant projects worth hundreds of millions of ringgits to family members or friends...