ELECTED REPS MUST DEMONSTRATE GOOD VALUES: PM

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said an
elected representative must generally demonstrate good moral values as the
people want their representatives to be credible and to serve them well.

The Prime Minister said that the people always looked at their elected
representatives from various aspects.

He said that having good morals should not be confined to the elected
representatives only but should include everyone.

"The people are watching, they want to see that their elected
representatives are truly credible, and serving them well," he told reporters
after launching the Humanitarian Fund for the children of Gaza at Seri Perdana,
here Thursday.

He said this when asked to give his general opinion on the importance of
displaying good morals for an elected representative.

The question was raised following the publication of a nude photograph of
a State Assemblywoman, who is also a state of Selangor State Executive
Councillor, on the internet.

This led to the assemblywoman offering to resign as the Selangor Chairman
for the Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment Committee on Tuesday. However,
the Selangor government had yet to decide whether to accept her offer to resign.
-- BERNAMA