Nazri’s misplaced pride in battle with prince
YOURSAY ‘Please don't make this a fight between you and the prince.’
Nazri: Call me 'kurang ajar', I don't care
Tak Tahan: I have tried hard not to comment on this issue involving Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz and TMJ (Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim). I can't control it anymore as Nazri doesn't talk sense.
How can criticising PM Najib Razak for not turning up at a forum which he had agreed to attend to explain to the public about the perceived missing money in 1MDB be "involving in politics"?
How can you blame the general public as well as the prince for thinking that the PM had lots to hide when he "chickened out at the last minute?
Unfortunately, he has become a laughing stock as just a few days earlier he proclaimed himself to be a Bugis warrior and yet this ‘Bugis warrior’ ran away at the slightest sign of ‘trouble’.
How can it be construed as involving in politics if the prince, say, criticises a prominent Umno man who is perceived to have done something wrong?
The truth is that the act of criticising is not the same as involving in politics, except that the man being criticised is a politician. What is wrong with criticising an alleged wrongdoer?
Pemerhati: Nazri should not be saying things like: “I was elected by the people. If I do not carry out my duties then the rakyat will punish me” and “We subscribe to democracy and people can say whatever they want about me”.
Such statements remind the people of the crooked strategies used by Umno to get its people elected.
Briefly, some of the crooked strategies are the use of the monopolised media to influence the people, especially those in the rural areas such as Nazri’s Padang Rengas constituency.
Using lackey and unprincipled organisations like the Election Commission (EC) to carry out massive gerrymandering and fraudulent elections and remain in power with 47 percent of the vote while the party that got 51 percent of the vote is in the opposition.
Only BN people can say whatever they like and get away with it. The others taste Umno’s bullying and cruelty when they get hauled up for sedition by Umno’s police and are made to wear purple uniforms and spend time in police lock-ups.
Bringon14: Nazri, I will grant you that you were elected and the prince was not. But that is not the only difference.
Here's one for starters - the prince is a man of culture and you are just absolutely crass and uncultured without any modicum of decency. To come out and say that you do not care just confirms that you are one.
RCZ: Please don't make this a fight between you and the prince. It is about defending a PM who has lost billions of rakyat’s money.
Even I cannot stomach this and will no way defend the crooks, what more the prince having to stomach the man who had got everything to hide being defended by Nazri.
Hello Lincoln's Inn, the monarchy has a role to play in the constitutional framework of this nation and their role has great significance, especially when Umno has turned Malaysian democracy into a farce.
There is indeed nothing to be proud of “being elected”.
Ipoh Pp: This is the height of arrogance and misplaced pride by Nazri. It just shows how the people of Padang Rengas have been fools for the past 20 years voting for him.
PM, you better be very afraid as the state of Johor may fall to the opposition if you continue to hide. Tunku Ismail has only to throw his support for the opposition and the rest will be history.
Negara Saya: Nazri, you should care. You are elected by the people for the people. This time, the price has come out to remind you of your role that you work for the people.
Fair Play: Nazri, here is something very important for you to think about. You are not responsible for what others think of you. But you are if you give them reason to do so.
And believe it or not, these past few days, you have given them plenty of reasons to do so - from the royalty to the ordinary rakyat.
BBT: To begin with, so as not to get overly emotional, I am not BN supporter.
Had Nazri happen not to be in Umno instead, would he still be getting such unfavorable lopsided comments?
What he said about royal immunity and level-playing field makes total sense, and I think that is the gist of the matter.
Lim Chong Leong: But Nazri misses the point entirely. Like it or not, there are sedition laws that put the royalty in a special position where they cannot be criticised, or at least that has always been the case under Umno’s rule, selectively at least.
Now it seems there is direct criticism against the royalty from Umno's henchmen never before seen.
Spirit of Malaya: How come the same Umno principle didn't apply in Selangor during its MB crisis? If I'm not wrong, didn't BN defend the sultan's right to meddle in politics? How come it's different now?
Rick: It is okay for the royalty to criticise the opposition. If they criticise BN or their leaders, then they must stay out of politics.
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