marina, please dont talk to much......
The Prime Minister’s job is not an easy one, he needs to juggle the real and political needs of over 20 million Malaysians, many of whom have nothing better to do than to moan and groan about anything end everything.
No one should pity the Prime Minister, of course, it is after all his job and no one forced him to take it up. As a human being we all suffer from stress, some more than others but as Prime Minister and the official face of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi cannot go around complaining about his personal problems and he has not.
Losing one’s wife, especially a particularly devoted one after decades of companionship is a hardship that many cannot endure in silence but our Prime Minister did just that. When he married Jean Danker, many tongues were set wagging for one reason or another and this is also expected, just as would happen at any high profile weddings.
Recently Marina, daughter of respected former Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir Mohamad, made it clear to all and sundry that anyone who nominated Jean for an award is a ‘bottom-kisser’ and one does have to wonder why such vitriol sprang from her outspoken lips. She wondered out loud why Jean should be considered worthy of a state honour, is it for just marrying the Prime Minister?
The state in question is of course Malacca and Marina’s wrath was clearly aimed at Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, the Chief Minister.
She said in her blog:
“So does this now mean that Melaka considers women marrying widowers as performing a service to the country and therefore worthy of an award?
“What does it do to women who get awards in their own right, when they see someone getting one just for marrying the right person?
I have but one question for Marina.
When her mother was granted the title Tun, why was there no vehement protest from her? What was Siti Hasmah’s great contribution to the country? What was her service that made her a deserving recipient of the highest non-royal title in the land? I do not remember her drafting any laws, drawing up development plans, coming up with solutions to our economic or political problems or anything that is related to the leadership of the country.
Sure Dr Siti Hasmah was a big name in charity but if we measure worthiness just on that then Dr Jemilah Mahmood, to name but one should have gotten her Tun-ship years ago and so should many other selfless men and women who not only sacrifice their time but also limited money for the benefit of others without ever getting a mention.
Siti Hasmah got miles of editorial coverage every time she does anything charitable. Firstly no one expected her to do so? The title Tun was given to her out of love and respect for Dr Mahathir, for the hours of devotion she put in to hold the family together so that Dr M can concentrate on the country.
Surely Marina remembers the difficult episodes in her family.
Let me tell you a little story about Marina and her mother, or rather how much she insists that we respect her mother.
Reporter and journalists are known for sometimes not standing up when a VIP enters a room so at one function officiated by Dr Siti Hasmah some 10 years ago a particular female journalist from the country’s oldest newspaper was so engrossed in conversation that she failed to notice the guest of honour entering the hall and did not stand up.
This caught marina’s eyes and she took time off from her busy schedule to give the hapless reporter a piece of her mind and it went something along the line of – “why don’t you show respect to the woman who has done so much for the country, you have no respect for her,” she ranted. The episode even made it into her column in ‘The Star’.
Sheesh. Talk about an inflated sense of self importance. That reporter was reprimanded by her superiors when they heard that Marina was angry. By her own judgment, those editorial superiors were ‘bottom-kissers’ for doing nothing other than to make sure old-man Dr M was not angry.
The fact is, Marina, like her father is going through a withdrawal symptom, after all power is a drug.
All that Ali Rustam did was show respect to Jean, she agreed to be thrusted into the limelight and take responsibility for the personal welfare of our Prime Minister.
If Marina does not think that being a good wife, a difficult, honorable and sometimes thankless task is worthy of awards and recognition, then I do not know how she can say that she champions women’s rights.
Admit it Marina, you are just jealous and taking it out on a defenseless woman. You know that she is not someone who would hit back.
What’s a Datuk Seri Utama compared to a Tun-ship
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