The unbecoming of Nazri

In my previous entry on the Fourth Estate, I mentioned the media boycott at the Parliament House was a victory for the journalists. The members of BN BBC as well as the opposition were against the rule and removed the barricade.

Following that Minister in Prime Minister's Department, Nazri Aziz had chided by calling the BN BBC members 'childish' to which BN BBC chair has responded. To add salt to the wound, the minister is now challenging the BN BBC chairman to get him (Nazri) sacked by the prime minister as reported by The Star and The New Straits Times (28.6.2008).

I am sure now that it is Nazri who is acting 'childish'. More like a spoilt brat actually. Representing the executive has made him forget that he too is a legislator.

The problem in the Malaysian context is there are no separation of powers between the legislative branch and the executive as practiced in the US or the UK.

The issue of making Parliament a First World institution has been pioneered by former Opposition Leader, Lim Kit Siang. I opine that for this to happen the legislative and executive branches must be made independent of each other.

Knowing Prime Minister Abdullah's non-action policy, Nazri Aziz would be off scot free in a breeze.