I read about this interview from Rocky and visited Nuraina which has a link to the New Straits Times online that featured the interview.
As the home affairs minister, the umno sec-gen, a seasoned politician and a minister no less, yet his basic reasoning on replacing a Top Post, a MB of a state - make him sound so daft and hollow.
An excerpt from the interview:
Q: It is obvious that you feel that Shahidan should be out. Who would you want to be the replacement?
A: (Datuk Seri) Azmi Khalid. He's got a young wife.
Q: What has that got to do with anything?
A: She can promote Perlis well.
Q: Datuk Seri Azmi has also come out openly to comment on Perlis. Is there any reason to suggest that you and him are a tag-team against the MB?
A: We were childhood friends and classmates 55 years ago, we understand each other.
Q: It seems that your endorsement of Datuk Seri Azmi as the best candidate for Perlis MB is due to very personal reasons?
A: What better reason is there than to pick a friend whose capabilities you know so well.
I am no friend of the current Perlis MB and as a matter of fact I wrote about him in 2004 when he suggested to employ ex-gangster to be the law enforcer. So I am not writing this in support of him!
Anyway, let's look at this guys reasoning or lack of reasoning.
He wanted a MB to be removed -
Reason 1 : The current MB dont have a young wife
Reason 2 : His friend is eyeing for the job.
So there is no talk about the ineffectiveness or inefficiencies of the current MB - which is in most part of the world a yardstick on why a senior government need to vacate their post.
There is no talk about meritocracy or transparent campaigning/vetting of a possible candidate with integrity to take over the post except for the fact that he wanted his friend to take over.
HE HAS to announce that he WANT his FRIEND to TAKE OVER - isnt this Kleptocracy, Cronyism and Nepotism all in one...?
In line with his skewed reasoning on wanting his friend to take because he is a friend/crony - the most important aspect is that his friend has a young wife who can do marketing (and what is her background except being a TV presenter?) and therefore it should follow that her husband is a good candidate to replace the current MB.
Let's put it this way - if you are the MB of a state with the full state machinary at your disposal do you really need YOUR wife to do the marketing? Or is this guy suggesting that in "Perlis, a small state of 250,000 people" there is really no one more educated and qualified to do that??
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