Nazri dares backbenchers to get him sacked

malaysianinsider - [...] Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz has upped the ante in his feud with the Barisan Nasional Back Benchers Club (BNBBC) over media curbs in Parliament, challenging them to get him sacked from the Cabinet.

"I am expecting the BBC to recommend to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to sack me as a minister," said Nazri, who is minister in the Prime Minister's Department and is in charge of parliament. The feud began when he accused the backbenchers for being childish and gangster-like for removing a security cordon that barred the media from the Parliament lobby last Tuesday.

The Parliament administration had placed the curbs and also restricted each media organisation to only five personnel for reporting duties, angering journalists and chief editors who decided to boycott events outside parliament business. Several BNBBC members removed the security cordon on Tuesday afternoon, persuading the media to stop their boycott.

"If they dare not do that on Monday, then shut up and don't talk anymore," Nazri said .

BNBBC chairman chairman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing told reporters the backbenchers were insulted by Nazri's remarks, particularly after they had checked with both Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia and Nazri about the barricade. Both claimed ignorance although Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar claimed it was a joint decision by the speaker and his two deputies.... selanjutnya.