Nancy a minister or well-oiled reading machine?
YOURSAY 'She can cry 'misquote' but truth is, Parliamentary replies are in black and white.'
Nancy tries to douse fire over Bible-burning row
Commentable:
Two wrongs don't make a right. Minister Nancy Shukri, you should know better. You don't issue a controversial statement and try to negate it the next day with another corrective statement. Worse still to pass the buck to someone else as the reason for your blunder. To change your story days later into a simple denial is offending and insulting to all.
Madam, your twisting and turning as you go along – which is nothing but an afterthought – is making people even angrier. It is downright lame to point the finger at the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AG).
You said so yourself that the AGC is responsible for deciding on the prosecution of any case, so a heavier responsibility rests on you to see to it that they do their job fairly and appropriately.
Don't you think it is incumbent on you to take the AG to task if he failed in his responsibilities? If this is true, then what exactly were you thinking by shooting back at your critics and members of the public who only meant well?
Anonymous_3e46: We who fear God feel very ashamed…
Dalvik: Nancy Shukri can ‘ wayang ’ all she can, but the fact is, her Parliamentary reply was in black and white. Whatever that she says now – verbally – means nothing unless she put it into a revised Parliamentary reply. Most importantly, does she think Ibrahim Ali is guilty, or not? Until she does this, her integrity is still at stake.
U-Say I-Say: If you defend a good and honourable person or a good principle, people will forgive you, even if a mistake was made. On the hand, if you defend insanity or a discredited person, you will become the subject of public ridicule.
SS Dhaliwal: Nancy Shukri is the de facto law minister and interpretation of the law is her job. Prosecuting is the attorney-general’s job.
If Nancy is going to whitewash the politically connected Ibrahim Ali using “the right to defend Islam”, then it opens up a Pandora's box. Whatever Perkasa does or any of the supremacist groups do - short of murdering someone over a perceived slight against Islam – will be justified.
Keturunan Malaysia: For some, a slip of the tongue is not the fault of the mind; for others, a slip of the tongue is the fault of the mind. Nancy Shukri, until proven otherwise, I believe you are the latter.
Kangkung: Nancy Shukri, what you have said is immaterial. The fact that you did not condemn the Umno-linked NGO leader's threat to burn (Malay language) Bibles is as bad as you making that threat to burn Bibles.
Whatsup: What facts? If you don't agree, and you are the minister in charge of law and supposedly with a law background, yet you willingly agree to say something you disagreed with?
Nancy Shukri, if you don't agree and you know it’s wrong, stand up to them and say ‘no’ and show them you refuse to be part of such atrocity.
Stop giving excuses. Resign to show your worth, and to the community you grew up with. Don't betray them and us.
Speaking sense: Both the de facto law minister and the attorney-general have an obligation to resign. Or be sacked.
Kim Quek : Consistent with his usual practice over controversies such as this, the attorney-general has not unexpectedly remained invisible and inaudible through this furore kicked up by de facto Law Minister Nancy Shukri.
But unless the AG stands up now to deny Nancy’s claim that it was he who decided not to pursue Ibrahim Ali, Parliament must now censure him for abusing his power to protect Ibrahim from criminal accountability.
Vincylim: I hope all parties will take this matter in the spirit of 1Malaysia. Let's not make this matter a political issue. Let's stop blaming Nancy Shukri as she is just reiterating AG's view in this matter. Let's hope that this case will be reviewed.
Louis: Nancy Shukri, I believe that you have been quoted wrongly. Now, can you hold a press conference and state the reasons why Ibrahim Ali is the special one and cannot be charged for sedition despite the fact that even an idiot would deem his threat to burn (Malay language) Bibles as highly seditious?
Rupert16: With all the anger expressed by the right-minded against the inaction against Ibrahim Ali, isn't this enough evidence to charge him for sedition?
Isn't Ibrahim Ali’s call to Muslims to burn the (Malay language) Bible many times worse than an opposition politician calling Umno "celaka"?
Fair Mind: If Nancy Shukri’s job is to be a messenger, then all the staff in Pos Malaysia can also become a minister.
Why do we need a high-paying Minister with all the perks and kickbacks when she does not make any decision but only conveys messages?
Better she be sacked and save the rakyat some money. A huge amount of the budget allocation in the Prime Minister’s Department is wasted on postmen.
Wybie: A well-oiled reading machine; that's all.
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