Tajuddin Isn T The Only Embarrassment

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A Kadir Jasin
 
1.The swift sacking of Tajuddin Abdul Rahman as the Chairman of Prasarana Malaysia Berhad is the government's way of pacifying the people following Monday's first ever LRT train crash that injured more than 200 passengers.
 
2. The light rail transport (LRT) system for Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley has been in operation for 23 years, carrying some 800,000 passengers a day.
 
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3. Tajuddin's insensitive, amateurish comments at Tuesday's press conference had added insult to injury for the victims and riled up the social media.
 
4. The Umno warlord was widely criticised for his uncouth comments and treatment of the journalists with many blaming the Prime Minister, Mahiaddin Md. Yasin @ Muhyiddin, for appointing him to the job.
 
5. Tajuddin’s firing was done by Finance Minister, Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, via a one-paragraph letter dated May 26. Prasarana is under the purview of the Finance Ministry.
 
6. There was a chorus of condemnation against the Prime Minister when Tajuddin's appointment was announced on last May 13. Mahiaddin was accused of committing political corruption for using Government-linked companies to buy support of Members of Parliament.
 
7. Tajuddin might have made an absolute ass (as in donkey) of himself at the PC but the joke is actually on the person who appointed him.
 
8. Alas, Tajuddin isn't the only embarrassment in the Perikatan Nasional Government. Many among Mahiaddin's hundred odd appointees to the Cabinet, the GLCs and as deputy ministers are as bad or even worse than the Pasir Salak MP.
 
9. This is to be expected because the appointments were not based on merits but merely to have as many MPs as possible on the government's side.
 
10. It’s interesting to see Umno’s reaction to Tajuddin’s humiliation. This Perak politician is an important member of the party. He is a member of its Supreme Council and was only recently appointed its Election Director.
 
11. Incidentally, Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had said a few days earlier that it wasn’t fair to blame Umno for the poor performance of the PN Government notwithstanding that many key members of Mahiaddin’s XL Cabinet are from the party.  
 
Thank you.
 
Note: Adapted from my Facebook.

 
 

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