Najib: You Will Fall Because of Imelda Rosmah!

I have never been amazed by this woman. A former wife to a favourite newsreader of mine, Farid Ismeth Emir of RTM, I only realised her existence on Najib's ascension to the deputy premiership. I was already familiar with Imelda Marcos however, with her penchant for luxuries resulting in suffering for her people.

The Tunisian President, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, who hoarded wealth beyond what they could've ever legally mustered in two lifetimes, did not only enact the initial fall of the Arabian domino, but have inadvertently led in a miraculous fashion, the downfall of Barisan Nasional in Malaysia.

Legally, no person should be responsible for any indirect or consequential liability. However, in politics anything is possible. And the people's wrath against rulers (or actually ruler's wives for that matter) squandering its citizens' wealth for their own delusions of grandeur, may turn viral and, in the context of a global village, infect so many yet so far.

The above premise does come with a proviso however. That the ruler (effective ruler that is, not a rubber stamp who only barks upon their business deals are under threat), learns from these events and not to condone the act themselves. 

It would not be quite a complicated logic to follow. One who touches fire will get burnt. But of course logic is only available to those who are not somehow addicted. As a compulsive gambler or alcoholic, addiction to life's finer luxuries, as evidenced by our dear Kak Ros, is a habit not so easily diminished.

And so it comes to pass. The compulsive spender (of other people's money) has led to a customs officer being sufficiently fired up, after all the incessant tax-paid government propaganda for the Rakyat to change their lifestyle, for him to take pics with his smartphone of the scrawny and somewhat shadowy transaction of a Jacob & Co. USD24 million diamond ring transaction attributable to none other than Her Excellency the First Lady, Rosmah Mansor.

A police report was lodged with the Malaysian publicity-crazy Police Force by Chegubard's SAMM and whilst we do know that it will fall on deaf ears, we do know that the Rakyat's eardrums are not as mute. And as we do know that Najib Razak will slap his forehead with his wife's latest antics, Rosmah has added a serrated nail to his already forged coffin. 

And that is not all. A new bangle has been pictured with Rosmah with a value to the tune of millions of Ringgit. 

Let us see how principled BN/UMNO representatives are in when this gets to the Dewan Rakyat. I know it will be shot down by the Speaker, but the inherent grouses in their hearts against such disgusting tirade by the premier's wife will leave marks so indellible, that BERSIH 2.0 organisers would think that their 8 point demands for electoral reform has gone down to 7.

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