Covid-19 pandemic could be the perfect smokescreen for politics

COMMENT | Sitting at home, one’s mind wanders far very easily. So here I am indulging in my wandering mind. The first thought that comes into my mind right now is the how Rina Harun (above), the minister for Women, Family and Community Development could allow such stupid advice for women to be published as public service announcement posters.

I guess it has gotten so much widespread attention and among people on social media that I needn’t need to go into detail explaining what advice it is. I think it suffices for me to just mention that it involved women having to wear make-up and to speak to their spouses by mimicking Doraemon to avoid arguments.

Rina Harun was made a minister when Pakatan Harapan won the general election in May 2018. When that happened, I (and I am sure many others) were surprised and the question I asked was ‘Who is that?’ Eventually, the answer came and I found out that she was a former longtime Umno member who joined Bersatu when it was formed.

So I guess it is only normal to see that when she joined the group that changed the government, she would just go back to the archaic ways of her former party. It shows that she is probably just a weed ...