Marina: Dyana is three-up on most politicians
Social activist Marina Mahathir has commended Teluk Intan DAP by-election candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, saying she is a smart girl who can think.
Social activist Marina Mahathir has commended Teluk Intan DAP by-election candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, saying she is a smart girl who can think.
“She can articulate. She can write. That's three up over most politicians already,” Marina said in a Facebook posting.
Marina ( right ) was commenting on Dyana's response in an article to a comment made by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Razali Ibrahim , who rapped the Teluk Intan by-election DAP candidate for criticising her alma mater Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and asked why she did not criticise Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Commenting further on Facebook in reply to her followers, Marina said very few top politicians write their own speeches, let alone articles.
"In any case, why are people against her because she is young?" she asked.
"(Prime Minister) Najib Razak was 26 when he first became a minister. Dyana's 27, and only vying for a parliamentary seat.
"We should have more young people for the fresh young ideas they bring," she wrote.
In later tweets, Marina also stressed that her giving Dyana the thumbs up for being a "smart young woman" is not an endorsement of the DAP.
"Meanwhile, I'd like to know what (BN candidate) Mah (Siew Keong) has to offer. Then we can all decide who's the better candidate based on substance," she said.
She added that both BN and Pakatan are "guilty of trivialising" Dyana and that she is still waiting for the day when women are treated sincerely in politics.
Not joining any political party
Marina also laughed off suggestions of her joining a political party, unlike her father who was Umno president and prime minister for 22 years.
She said in her posting that apparently someone said she had joined DAP.
“All I can say is... hahaha hahaha!! Funniest thing I've heard in ages,” she said.
Referring to the statement of Dyana's mother Yammy Samat ( right ) in response to Mahathir's statement, Marina thinks that someone had misread what Yammy had said.
"No folks, I'm not joining any political party. It's not the only way to serve the country.
"And I really don't want to talk politics all the time. Sometimes I just wanna talk tennis... French Open coming up!" she exclaimed.
Yammy had yesterday said that she tried raising Dyana to be like Mukhriz Mahathir but her daughter ended up being like Marina instead.
Marina, who also a popular columnist, further said that no political party had offered her membership.
"I think it's quite telling that not a single party has ever asked me to join. They take one look at me and think "oh no, she's a difficult one" and go off and do something else..."
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