Just like students in primary and high school, politicians also have their respective report cards too to track their work progress and to find room for improvement. Just recently, a politician, Dr. Ustazah Mastura shared her report card on her Twitter account which highlights her achievements after 100 days of being the MP for Kepala Batas, Penang.
If you go through her list of achievements, she has conducted many visits, attended many meetings and programs, as well wedding ceremonies. Within this period of 3 months, Mastura attended 58 wedding ceremonies. To some, attending ceremonies as a politician is an effort to mingle and blend in with the people.
KENDURI PERKAHWINAN DI PULAU MERTAJAM DAN KEPALA BATAS
Sama-sama kita doakan agar pasangan pengantin baru ini dilimpahi keberkatan dan dimurahkan rezeki.#YBDrUstazahMastura#KepalaBatasSejahtera#BersihDanStabil#KepalaBatas pic.twitter.com/HZrTvC0NZW
— Dr Ustazah Mastura (@drusmas) February 28, 2023
In short, here’s what Mastura has done as the MP of Kepala Batas in the past 100 days.
- 7 meetings with government agencies
- 21 programs with NGOs and society.
- Visiting 36 houses with death in the family
- Raising 11 issues of the rakyat of Kepala Batas in the Parliament
- Visited and helped 64 PWDs / Patients / Senior Citizens
- Visited and helped 16 disaster victims
“Achievements vs activities”
Regardless, many Malaysians in the comment sections have questioned the relevance of listing down the attendance at wedding ceremonies in her report card.
“That’s a lot of Kenduri events. You might as well be the head of the village”
“87 complaints settled in 100 days? In average, that’s not even 1 complaint per day.”
“A report card for fun. Show your results, not the activities you’ve attended and done.”
“Is attending wedding events part of MP’s job scope? That sounds fun.”
“You don’t need to be an MP to visit the mourning families and wedding ceremonies. Show your real achievements.”
“Attending wedding ceremonies is not a KPI.”
“Does your family know that visiting here and there is not part of MP’s job scope?”
In the meantime, many netizens continue to point out what should be reflected in a report card instead.
“Rubbish report card. Are you having fun or are you working? You should’ve shown your achievement, why would you show yourself attending wedding events?”
“There is a lot of wedding events before Ramadhan, make sure you attend, and achieve your KPI!” one netizen teased.
“This is not an achievement, this is a list of attended activities.”
Spending time and mingling around with people do help as a “bonding session”, however, do you think it’s relevant and necessary to be reflected in the politician’s report card?
