Puteri Umno chief calls for BN to drop sexist candidates

 

Puteri Umno chief Zahida Zarik Khan has called on BN not to field candidates who are sexists or chauvinists in the next general election.

She said such individuals have no place in BN.

"We are very sensitive to them. If everyone is sick of them, the party can't count on us (Puteri Umno) to defend them.

"Full stop. No way, brother. MCP men, male chauvinist persons, men who think they are lord of everything, should have no place in BN," Zahida (above) was quoted as saying by Sinar Harian yesterday.

She was speaking at a Puteri BN convention in Kuala Lumpur.

Zahida clarified at a press conference later that it was a general statement.

While she mentioned no names, her remarks came two weeks after Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman came under fire for sexist remarks in the Dewan Rakyat.

Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman

Tajuddin, while denying that he was sexist, said it was only ”foul-mouthed” DAP women who were out to tarnish his reputation.

MPs also accused the Umno veteran of saying “p*****k” - a Malay swear word - in the Lower House while his microphone was off.

Tajuddin never apologised

This was not Tajuddin's first time triggering backlash over sexist remarks in the Lower House.

In 2016, he infamously remarked that Teresa Kok (Harapan-Seputeh) was the only woman with a Kok, a play on the phonetically similar slang word referring to male genitalia.

Tajuddin has never apologised for that incident, insisting that he was just referring to her name.

Other BN stalwarts who have a reputation for being sexist include Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin.

Bung infamously made a "leaks every month" jibe against former Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan in 2007, and has also called women drivers a menace. - Mkini