Ketua Umno Cheras Datuk Syed Ali Syed Abas Alhabshee menganggap
kenyataan Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil untuk berundur sebagai
menteri selepas tempoh pelantikannya sebagai senator tamat bulan depan
satu 'drama'.Syed Ali (kanan) berkata, sebagai seorang menteri, Shahrizat sepatutnya menunjukkan sikap bertanggungjawab terhadap parti dan negara dan bukan bermain tarik tali.
"Kalau berhenti, berhenti sahajalah. Tapi kenapa macam nak main tarik tali. Kenapa perlu kumpulkan wartawan hari ini sedangkan esok ramai wartawan akan buat liputan di Parlimen.
"Ini semua Bollywood punya cerita. Saya boleh katakan dia ini sebagai makcik Bollywood," katanya ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini.
Selepas kontroversi panjang isu Perbadanan Fidlot Nasional (NFC), Shahrizat sebentar tadi mengumumkan akan berundur sebagai menteri selepas tempoh pelantikannya sebagai senator tamat bulan depan (April).
Menteri pembangunan wanita, keluarga dan masyarakat itu bagaimanapun akan kekal sebagai ketua Wanita Umno.
Syed Ali berkata, tindakan Shahrizat itu seolah-olah ingin menunjukkan bahawa beliau tidak bersalah dan peletakan jawatan itu bukan disebabkan rasa bersalah, tetapi kerana tempoh sebagai senator sudah tamat.
"Dia nak tunjuk glamour kot supaya esok ada Wanita yang datang menangis, merayu pada dia supaya jangan letak jawatan."Saya bersyukur dia nak berhenti, tetapi kecewa kerana dia nak berhenti bila tamat tempoh senator. Saya tak faham kenapa. Ini menunjukkan dia tidak komitmen dan tidak berintegriti kepada parti," katanya.
"Kalau saya jadi dia, saya akan berhenti serta merta."
Umno Cheras antara bahagian paling lantang membuat desakan itu sebelum ini selain bekas ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafizah Aziz supaya tidak menjadi beban kepada parti.
Bung Mokhtar: Patut lebih awal
Sementara itu, Timbalan Pengerusi Majlis Ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional (BNBBC), Datuk Bung Mokhtar Raden berkata, beliau mengalu-alukan tindakan Shahrizat itu tetapi berpendapat ia sepatutnya dilakukan lebih awal.
"Ia sepatutnya harus dibuat (lebih) awal untuk mengelakkan keraguan," kata ahli Parlimen Kinabatangan itu.Sambil menyifatkannya sebagai langkah yang bijak, Bung Mokhar percaya selepas ini pembangkang sudah tidak boleh bermain dengan isu yang sama.- malaysiakini
'Shahrizat's Bollywood drama dragging on too long'
Outspoken Cheras Umno division chief Syed
Ali Syed Abas Alhabshee said Shahrizat Abdul Jalil should not wait for
her term as a senator to expire before stepping down as a cabinet
minister.
This was important in order
to prove that Shahrizat was indeed indeed repentant, said Syed Ali (right)
when contacted for his reaction to Shahrizat's announcement that she
would vacate her post as the Minister for Women, Family and Community
Development when her senatorship ended.
Syed Ali accused Shahrizat of trying to give the impression that she was not guilty of any wrongdoing, but was merely not seeking reappointment after her term ended.
"Maybe she wants to be in the spotlight. Then tomorrow, Wanita leaders will come crying and begging for her to stay.
"I'm glad that she wants to quit, but I'm disappointed that that she wants it to happen when her term ends. I don't understand why.
"This shows she is not committed to the party and does not have integrity. If it was me, I'd quit immediately," said Syed Ali.
Bollywood drama
Syed Ali is among the rare Umno leaders to have openly called on Shahrizat to step down after the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal broke. Shahrizat's family runs the NFC which was heavily criticised in the Auditor-General's Report 2010. Back in 2007, when Shahrizat was a serving cabinet minister, NFC was awarded a government contract to run a cattle-rearing project and was given a RM250 million soft loan.
Since the report was published, PKR has revealed several documents to back its claim that the soft loan was abused for several dubious investments, which include prime land in Putrajaya and several plush condominium units in Bangsar, Singapore and Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, Syed Ali also accused Shahrizat of creating a "drama" by making the announcement today.
"If she wants to step down, just do it... Why do you have to approach reporters today when you can do it in Parliament tomorrow?
"This is like a Bollywood film. She is like a 'Bollywood auntie'," he said.
Meanwhile, another prominent critic of Shahrizat told Malaysiakini that she should have stepped down a lot sooner.
Nevertheless, Deputy BN Backbenchers Club leader Bung Mokhtar Radin said her move was appropriate.
"I welcome the decision. I believe that after this, the opposition will not be able to play up this issue.
"It also proves that BN is consistent and open when it comes to problems involving the public and the government. - malaysiakini
to prove that Shahrizat was indeed indeed repentant, said Syed Ali (right)
when contacted for his reaction to Shahrizat's announcement that she
would vacate her post as the Minister for Women, Family and Community
Development when her senatorship ended.Syed Ali accused Shahrizat of trying to give the impression that she was not guilty of any wrongdoing, but was merely not seeking reappointment after her term ended.
"Maybe she wants to be in the spotlight. Then tomorrow, Wanita leaders will come crying and begging for her to stay.
"I'm glad that she wants to quit, but I'm disappointed that that she wants it to happen when her term ends. I don't understand why.
"This shows she is not committed to the party and does not have integrity. If it was me, I'd quit immediately," said Syed Ali.
Bollywood drama
Syed Ali is among the rare Umno leaders to have openly called on Shahrizat to step down after the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal broke. Shahrizat's family runs the NFC which was heavily criticised in the Auditor-General's Report 2010. Back in 2007, when Shahrizat was a serving cabinet minister, NFC was awarded a government contract to run a cattle-rearing project and was given a RM250 million soft loan.
Since the report was published, PKR has revealed several documents to back its claim that the soft loan was abused for several dubious investments, which include prime land in Putrajaya and several plush condominium units in Bangsar, Singapore and Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, Syed Ali also accused Shahrizat of creating a "drama" by making the announcement today.
"If she wants to step down, just do it... Why do you have to approach reporters today when you can do it in Parliament tomorrow?
"This is like a Bollywood film. She is like a 'Bollywood auntie'," he said.
Meanwhile, another prominent critic of Shahrizat told Malaysiakini that she should have stepped down a lot sooner.
Nevertheless, Deputy BN Backbenchers Club leader Bung Mokhtar Radin said her move was appropriate.
"I welcome the decision. I believe that after this, the opposition will not be able to play up this issue.
"It also proves that BN is consistent and open when it comes to problems involving the public and the government. - malaysiakini
Stepping down? Em...em..More like clinging on...
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s today announcement of her exit from cabinet when her senatorship term expires in April should not be deemed a resignation, said PKR vice president N Surendran.
In a statement issued today, Surendran said Shahrizat based on the Federal Constitution, her ministership automatically comes to an end on April 8 when her term as a senator expires.
“Based on the law, ministers must be appointed from members of either the Dewan Rakyat or Dewan Negara.“Since Shahrizat's term as a senator ends on April 8, her ministership must also end in accordance with Article 43. Therefore how can Shahrizat claim to be resigning on April 8?” he asked.
Surendran, a practising lawyer, was commenting on the legal aspects of Shahrizat's announcement today that she is "stepping down" after several years as women, family and community development minister.
This comes after she endured about five momths of ridicule over her links with the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) saga.
Surendran pointed out that instead of stepping down, Shahrizat was in actual fact clinging on to her cabinet position until the very end of the term.
“This announcement is a transparent attempt to deceive the public into thinking that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and the BN are taking action on the NFC scandal, and that Shahrizat is taking responsibility for her conduct,” he said.
Surendran also expressed shock on the Umno women chief’s unwillingness to relinquish her party position in a go.
“This proves that UMNO does not have the will, inclination or moral authority to take action against leaders guilty of wrongdoing. Is it because so many of the current Umno leaders are themselves tainted?
“Najib must prove that his claims of reform and good governance are not hollow slogans intended merely to win votes,” he said. - malaysiakini
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