A remorseless chief whip

WE were shocked at the statement of chief whip ASM Feroz to the effect that he wanted money not crests from the people felicitating him on his assumption of office. We are even more appalled by his arrogant display of attitude not to apologize for his brazen faced remarks on Saturday.
Though he later attempted to make light of his comments, saying these were jokingly stated and not really meant, he is nonetheless exposed for what he did and said through the video footage. Far from admitting his mistake, with all modesty, he blamed the press for misrepresenting his remarks. He even implied that the media fell into a local conspiratorial trap to undermine him.
Every politician makes mistake. If he had only said that he had made the remark at the spur of the moment then it would have been perfectly understandable as a slippage. Even world leaders have apologized for their indiscreet remarks that they said were not intended to hurt anybody's sensibilities or to be on wrong side of law.
But our chief whip went blasé in denying that he made an obnoxious comment and tried to put on a brave face while he should have been sensibly admitting his mistake. Such persons may only bring the ruling party to disrepute and cast an adverse image on the parliament as well as the government.