Saturday, August 26, 2006

Nazri's Bid to Cow Government Servants

Nazri: It’s a bid to cow MPs

Nazri had it again. The last time he warn ACA director that he is only a servant for the government and MPs are their Political Masters - servants are equated to slaves, the politicians rule over them; Politicians, MPs, and Ministers - they rule, they can do anything, everything, as long as they like it - and they can speak anything, about everything, including jibbing at Siti and Datuk K, including racial remarks, shouting slogans, and most off all, whatever they do, they are not corrupt, they are clean, because as MP, they had immunity, and power, and authority, because the citizens decides to elect them and make them rich, that's is what they call: their Privilege, their Special Rights, and their Power, and their Authority!

Now, another servant - a civil servant is warned and jibbed.

According to Nazri, because he is a Minister in the Prime Minister's Dept, his view must be right - It was wrong of the Customs enforcement director to reveal to the press the SMS sent to him by the Jasin MP. Nazri said the SMS was private, and revealing it could be an attempt by the officer to cow MPs from raising issues in Parliament. Nazri said the proper people to speak for the Customs Department were the parliamentary secretary or deputy ministers of the Finance Ministry.

“It is our (MPs’) right to talk about anything under the sky in Parliament but it is not the right of Customs officers to go to the press,” Nazri told reporters after a meeting with court officials at the courthouse at Northam Tower.

“We are not abusing our immunity but you cannot stop MPs from talking in Parliament.”

“He (Mohd Said Yusof, MP for Jasin) knows Mohamed Adnan Ariffi (customs enforcement director) well and it’s normal among friends to send an SMS,” Nazri said.

“I’m sure the Customs Department has regulations or a standing order that individual officers cannot go to the press. But Parliamentary matters must be discussed in Parliament by people who have the right to speak.”

In Malacca, Customs director-general Datuk Abd Rahman Abd Hamid said receiving threats via SMS was normal.

“We have received all kinds of threats. It is nothing to worry about,” he said when commenting on the SMS issue.

He added that officers had nothing to fear if they were clean in carrying out their duties.

“I don't think we can be threatened. I have been with the Customs for more than 30 years now and I've been through a lot. I sleep well every night,” Datuk Abd Rahman Abd Hamid said.

Nazri, Datuk Rahman said, they can never be threatened and cowed by you MPs. The civil servants are servants, but they uphold their duty and MInisters, or MPs, you are also subjected to the law of the land, the same law for everybody, be ye ever so high!!!!

Read similar news from The Sun: Nazri says Customs officer was out of line

4 comments:

Berisman said...

I salute the few civil servants who remain and act like civil servants and NOT government servants.According my teacher/mentor,the civil servants are being 'cowed' by the few politicians and not the other way around.

Lately I observed a few politicians talked on subject matters that know nothing about and mande themselves fools in the eyes of the public.

Maverick SM said...

Berisman,

That's profound knowledge.

Anonymous said...

Well said, berisman!

Anonymous said...

Nazri is a clown. When he's not clowning, he's a kampung idiot!