YOURSAY 'First it was his wife that did the ministers' work. Now it is his son who is doing the ministers' jobs.'

Najib's son tours flood relief centres

Ferdtan: Let's not fault PM Najib Razak's son, Mohd Nizar, for his visit at a relief centre in Kuantan.

Helping flood victims is a good cause. It should be encouraged. It has no political divide. It should come from his heart at his own or party's expenses.

If he had not abused his privileged position as a son of a PM, unlike his mother, Rosmah, who used the government jet to attend a private function, then we welcome his effort.

However, his wearing of the T-shirt with the words ‘Najib My PM 2013', which is political in nature, is not altruistic by the look of it.

Obviously, we are definitely cynical of his real intention when you see him coming in with such a T-shirt loudly advertising his father.

On top of that, he was accompanied by a sizeable entourage and we hope they are not paid with our taxpayers' money.

"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame," so says Alexander Pope in ‘Pope: An Essay on Man'.

Louis: Who is providing aid to the flood victims? The BN or federal government. If it is from the government, it is unethical for the BN logo to be printed on aid given out.

It must be made known that the government cannot make use of our money to advertise for BN.

This is exploiting the suffering of the people to advertise for BN, and that too, using our money.

Kanasai: Indeed, if the aid come from government, then it is wrong to use the BN logo. If BN want to use the logo, then it must come from BN's pockets and not from peoples' pockets.

This is abuse of power given by the people. The same goes during the election campaigns.

Jesse: If the aid is genuine, then there is no need for the party logo and the like. Just go and do it from your heart.

This sort of publicised aid smacks of political exploitation of misery. How low can you stoop?

ThisLandIsMine: First it was his wife that did most of the ministers' work. Now it is his son who is doing ministers' job.

I hope the government helicopters were not used. Soon the whole family will take over the ministers' job. Who needs ministers when there are far more effective family members?

Onlooker: When his electorate was badly affected by floods a few years ago, the former Australian prime minister rolled up his pants and helped carried the belongings of his constituents to safer ground.

No fancy T-shirts or crowds of supporters, just people getting down to the business of doing what needed to be done.

CiViC: How is it that the aid sent to flood victims at the expense of public funds are being branded ‘Barisan Nasional'? Is this not clear breach of trust and conflict of interest?

Anonymous #039163649: The floods appear to be an opportune time for politicians and their family to get maximum publicity blitz at the expense of the plight of the poor who would soon forget that BN refused in Parliament to discuss the flood and declare a state of emergency that would have cut through all bureaucracy.

Debater: This disaster can be avoided if BN would have been less corrupted, use the rakyat's money to improve the drainage system long, long ago.

Their children - as well as Mohd Nizar - were educated abroad to prepare for power whereas the rest of the Malaysians are educated in a screwed-up system to keep them stupid so as to perpetuate these royal lines.

Melayu brothers, you must wake up to the fact that it is not the non-Malays - particularly Chinese Malaysians - that is ripping you off. Time to throw them out.

Odysseus: First, we have the self-declared First Lady of Malaysia. Is this the start of having a Crown Price of 1Malaysia?

'Forgiving' Malacca CM is arrogant, says PKR

LogicalMalaysian: Even after the former CM Mohd Ali Rustam has bitten the dust, the new CM, Haron Idris, somehow believes he is immune from political fortunes.

Why are they so desperate to pile up their liabilities in their ledgers? Mohd Ali was rudely open and even blunt, thinking he could win elections only with the Malay votes.

Today he keeps on blaming the Chinese for losing his parliamentary contest, and even when he lost heavily in the Umno elections. Will these leaders ever learn?

Cheong Sai Fah: Do the Chinese need to ask the Malacca CM for forgiveness just for exercising their democratic right to vote? Who does the Malacca CM think he is? God?

Changeagent: What a nice feeling to wake up and know that I have been forgiven. Thank you God. Thank you, Idris Haron.

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