Shahrizat will be appointed as the special adviser to the Prime Minister for Womens and Family Affairs with Ministerial status.. now what does this mean? is this an attempt to put her in the cabinet through the back door? But i was re assured by trusted sources in Putrajaya that she will not be in the cabinet room. Only minister status.
What does this mean? Well, simply put she enjoys a free chauffeured driven Black Perdana and flies first class all paid for by tax payers money.
the only downside is that she does not enter cabinet and vote in it.
Is there a precedent to this. As far as i can remember, yes there are 2 occasions this happened, Dato Effendi Norwawi was Adviser to MOHE Minister with Ministerial status back then before he was moved to EPU, and also i think Tan Sri Hamid Othman is also now adviser to Pak Lah with Ministerial status and he also does not sit in the cabinet.
on the flip side, this doesn't mean that we have a Wanita rep in the cabinet because she is not IN the cabinet room per se.
Anwar Ibrahim?
i was rather perturbed to be told that DSAI is now on the freaking front page of newsweek! can UMNO's week get any worse than this???
http://www.newsweek.com/id/123451/page/1
well at least i know that at least one harvard girl shares my views on DSAI..oh well, its not surprising any more to find myself in the minority these days..
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