The tackiest wedding of the year

With rumours present which Ali Rustam is looking an critical purpose in the Umno hierarchy, he was prepared to politicise his son's wedding.

COMMENT

The award for the tackiest matrimony of the year should go to Malacca Chief Minister Ali Rustam, who treated his son as well as daughter-in-law as products as well as touted their matrimony in the sponsorship deal.

The newlyweds have been propelled in to the glare of publicity, for the wrong reasons. Cynics will make fun of them as well as contend which instead of the usual matrimony vows, the groom, Mohd Ridhwan, will have said, "I accept Nur Azieha's hand in marriage, with the mas kahwin of an undisclosed amount, supposing for by the taxpayer."

As the true blue-blood Umnoputra, Ali Rustam is some-more concerned about image, most similar to his mentor Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. The CM lacks humility, as well as has no respect for the sanctity of the matrimony union. Many aspects of the matrimony pound of hurtful dealings. The CM has, in the past, faced allegations of "money politics".

To accept sponsorship for his son's matrimony is degrading, though Ali is conjunction the first, nor last. Over the years, most alternative social climbers as well as celebrities have paraded the accumulation of products from cup noodles to chocolates.

With rumours present which Ali is looking an critical purpose in the Umno hierarchy, he was prepared to politicise his son's wedding, as well as gain spirit points. The matrimony chariot, the beca, was embellished with tinselled "1Malaysia" cut-outs tasteless shows of devotion which doubtless, will have left down well with Najib.

Behi! nd the s cenes, it is probable which the single or some-more companies have offering to "sponsor" the newlyweds upon an all-expenses-paid-honeymoon in an outlandish idyll.

The law is which Ali is the cheapskate. He knows which in this day as well as age of gripping up with the Joneses, he could not be content with the quiet family affair. Grand weddings do not come cheap.

As he was unable to sell the rights to his son's matrimony to the celebrity gossip repository "OK!" then perhaps, in his opinion, internal companies would suffice. Anything to get giveaway products as well as services. Umno statesman = Freeloader.

Out of touch with reality

Most sensible relatives provide the matrimony of their young kids as the joyous as well as noted occasion, though Ali treats his son's matrimony similar to the in the centre prepared "3-in-1" coffee drink: the sweetener equals the companies as well as supervision departments upon condition which giveaway products or services; the creamer equals the gifts from the businesses unfortunate to kowtow to Ali. These have been pre-mixed with the coffee powder (the matrimony couple). The guests, all 130,000 of them, next to the prohibited water. All the CM has to do is to add prohibited H2O to the 3-in-1 mix, solely this time, Ali has found himself in prohibited water.

Austerity measures have been the required part of the lives as well as most Malaysians struggle to feed their families. Ali is unblushing by increased costs of simple goods, motor fuel as well as services. He is reported to have pronounced which the matrimony was "cheap to organise", as well as has strike back at his critics job them "spiteful as well as jealous".

Ali is far removed from reality. He wants to stir with his resources as well as described the RM600,000 check as "cheap". Perhaps, it is poor as well as "not extravagant" by Umno standards. One fears to cruise what Umno politicians cruise "expensive". Is A! li wakef ul which some Malaysians consequence reduction than RM600,000 the year?

The large check raises dual questions: First. How does the CM upon the supervision payroll, have entrance to such sums of money? Second. He is the open central as well as in any courteous part of the world, giveaway lunches contingency be spoken to the physique which monitors gratuities since to open servants.

Malaysians have been weary of their open officials stealing the taxpayers' money. The amount of supervision agencies as well as businesses "sponsoring" the matrimony accepting is the conflict of interest. What did they get in exchange for upon condition which products as well as services?

People who see zero wrong with Ali's misappropriation of open funds contingency know which there is no such thing as the giveaway lunch.

Neither Ali nor his colleagues in Umno understand the definition of "conflict of interest". Ali brushed in reserve claims of corruption. He takes his cue from Najib who misused taxpayers' income when he allegedly flew close friends as well as family to Kazakhstan for an "official meeting". It was alleged which Najib as well as his entourage had attended the rendezvous party of his daughter to the nephew of the Kazakhstan president.

Show of extravagance

In Malacca, some individuals see zero wrong in what Ali did, since they hold which his in isolation affairs have been his business. Do these people cruise it acceptable for Ali to use supervision facilities, apparatus as well as manpower? Will the Malacca supervision accord the same privileges to typical members of the public?

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U mno politicians have grown to similar to the power they wield as well as the resources they accumulate once they have been in office. They have additionally grown brash as well as arrogant as well as have been desensitised to the pang of Malaysians. Ali as well as his colleagues know which there will be no probe in to their amassed wealth, nor for their abuse of the system. The law as well as its coercion agencies offer them.

The matrimony is the rakyat's good fortune in disguise. It has opened the eyes, especially of those who still claim Umno is their champion.

The alternative stress of this matrimony is which it is an denote of the dwindling support for Umno. Umno has been abusing the complement for several decades. In the past, we only kept quiet. Today, the anger is aroused.

Never before has the matrimony been such the flop. Instead of talking about the radiance of the bride, as well as how happy the integrate look, we have been discussing the alleged crime of the father of the groom, as well as either the nasi minyak cost RM4, RM40 or RM400? Does any girl want to be known as the "KR1M" bride (Kedai Runcit "1Malaysia")?

People who abuse the system, know who their friends are, when the time comes to face crime charges. If businesses have been prepared to financial their in isolation events today, will the same commercial operation leaders assistance post bail for them, when the inevitable break comes?

Let this show of imprudence be the lesson to Ali as well as alternative Umno bigwigs. Malaysians refuse to stake Umno as well as their excesses any more. Malaysians will assistance expose as well as question such abuses. They will direct answers. The time has come. The worm has turned.

Mariam Mokhtar is the FMT columnist.

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