Another Clown...

Independent parliamentarian and MP for Pasir Mas Ibrahim Ali thinks women should be taught to accept polygamy.

... and he said this in response to issues raised about the problems women face in the Syariah courts during divorce proceedings.

... and then he giggled, when he was called a "male chauvinist" by another man.

Here we are, trying to sort out current gender issues in the country, and we get brainless remarks and actions like that, from an elected MP, no less.

Then the international media picks up on it - AFP reported it under the headlines "Malaysian Lawmaker Advices Women to Accept Polygamy".

How embarassing is that?!

"“... Such problems happen because women cannot accept polygamy. From a preventive point of view, what about doing a big campaign so that women can accept polygamy?” he asked. Ibrahim said women did not understand that when they were pregnant for nine months, or had “problems” when they hit their 50s, their men still wanted to “have fun”."

How about a big campaign to ban b-o-d-o-h people from parliament instead?

oh right, because then we'd be left with two people in parliament.

***sigh***