Ex Women's Minister Najib Razak must sack Umno lawyer for shocking 'menses' comments

Umno legal advisor Mohd Hafarizam Harun should just retract his remarks, apologise to all and shut up.

His statement is not only a discrimination against Kak Wan, but it is also a discrimination against the entire womankind!

His statement that women are unfit to be MB because of confinement after birth is shocking and disgusting. Does he have any respect towards his own mother and the mother of his children?

I would like to remind Hafarizam, what people want from their Menteri Besar, is to carry out pro-rakyat policies. Hafarizam’s statement that women are unfit to be MB because they cannot accompany the sultan at religious functions shows that he completely misunderstands the role and duty of a Menteri Besar.

In regards to his statement that a country would not prosper if led by women, I would like to advise him to look at Germany and Angela Merkel.

And he is too short-sighted and refuse to look beyond Malaysia, I would like to say the current governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz will be another good example.

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Tan Sri Dr Zeti was named by Global Finance magazine as one of the world's best central bank chief in 2009. In 2013, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz has again been accorded “Grade A” among the heads of central banks for the 10th time by the Global Finance magazine. Who say women cannot be good leader?

As a matter of fact, not all countries led by men are prosperous. Many male leaders have also brought misery to their own people. So why discriminate women?

Tan Sri Dr Zeti

We have heard comments from many BN and PR leaders. But we have yet to hear the comment from our former Minister for Women Ministry, Datuk Seri Najib. He once held the position of Minister of Women Ministery because he was allegedly determined to empower women. So I wonder, how can him remain silent at this particular moment? Shouldn’t he as UMNO president sack Hafarizam as UMNO legal adviser immediately for his discriminatory remarks against women?

Teo Nie Ching is MP for Kulai