Najibs backing for Shahrizat shows failure as reformist, says Pakatan



By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
Mar 25, 2012
Datuk Seri Najib Razak insists there was no reason for Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to stop being Wanita Umno chief. - Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar twenty-five Datuk Seri Najib Razak's preference to keep Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil as Wanita Umno arch shows a budding minister's eagerness to validate "tainted" leaders, Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers said.
Opposition MPs said which Najib's insistence in gripping Shahrizat notwithstanding objections from inside of her own Wanita Umno wing was a thoughtfulness of his disaster as a reformist, in gripping his administration as well as celebration giveaway from allegedly corrupt figures.
"To win elections, Najib has shown his eagerness to commission sinister leaders such as (Tan Sri) Isa Samad, who was dangling by Umno itself of opinion buying, to stand for elections as well as to head Felda.
"The man of a street will judge Najib as well as Umno as a personality as well as celebration willing to tolerate corrupt, cronyism as well as reprobate practices, as well as forego a beliefs of great governance as well as integrity," DAP inhabitant broadside secretary Tony Pua toldThe Malaysian Insider.
Pua said Umno has had a jot down of axing a members who unsuccessful to perform during elections though during a same time gripping those involved in scandals.
"It is not for us to demand if Shahrizat is to give up or retain her Wanita Umno post, it's for Umno members to decide.
"Their preference will however simulate a type of politics Umno stands for, as well as either Malaysians consider Umno fit to lead a country," a Petaling Jaya Utara MP added.
PAS investigate arch Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad echoed Pua's views, as well as said which Najib's compromise pr! eference upon Shahrizat was a "paradoxical" one.
"How can Najib tell a nation which this lady is non-professional to become apportion though during a same time efficient to lift upon as Wanita Umno chief?" he toldThe Malaysian Insider.
"Najib would have saved his entire administration if he had been indifferent in asking Shahrizat to leave right from a start," Dzulkefly added.
PKR clamp boss Nurul Izzah Anwar said which Shahrizat's case was a classic e.g. of "double standards" practiced by Umno, whereby a leaders are tolerated as long as they continue to be indispensable to Barisan Nasional (BN).
"If you're out of favour, a law doesn't appear to matter. So most for Najib's credit as a reformer," she told The Malaysian Insider.
PM Najib has insisted there was no reason for Shahrizat to stop being Wanita Umno arch as there is no explanation or charge of indiscretion in a RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal. Although Shahrizat announced upon Mar 11 she would step down as women, family as well as village development apportion when her senatorship ends upon April 8, a veteran statesman said she would continue to lead a 1.3-million clever wing.
Shahrizat was called in for questioning by a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) final month over allegations she as well as her family abused a RM250 million federal loan meant for a inhabitant cattle tillage intrigue though has not been hauled up to court.
However, her husband Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, who owns a National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) with their three children, pleaded not guilty upon Mar 12 to rapist crack of certitude as well as offences underneath a Companies Act in relation to RM49 million in public funds.
Najib additionally said he had met Shahrizat as well as her clamp arch Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim as well as a twin had concluded to concur notwithstanding a latter not long ago calling for Shahrizat to relinquish leadership! of a wi ng.
The Umno president's remarks left open a possibility of Shahrizat contesting a subsequent ubiquitous elections or making a future quip to revive her domestic career which had appeared earlier to have been buried by a scandal.
Najib additionally shrugged off suggestions which Shahrizat's one after another leadership of a wing would hurt Barisan Nasional's choosing preparations.
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