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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Will the top 2pct let us eat quinoa?



MP SPEAKS | Two days ago Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak revealed at a live session on the 2018 Budget at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia that he does not eat rice but quinoa, introduced to him by his son.
He explained that quinoa was the staple food of the Inca people planted 3,000 years ago – it is protein-based, has less carbohydrate and less sugar, so better and healthier than rice.


But Najib did not tell the full story – that quinoa is some 23 times more expensive than rice, and that 98 percent of 30 million Malaysians – which Najib had broken down to top 20 percent (T20), middle 40 percent (M40) and bottom 40 percent (B40), simply cannot afford quinoa!
Najib belongs to the super top two percent (Super T 2) who can afford and who eat quinoa instead of rice!
I have said that Najib’s revelation reminded me of the story of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution in 1789, where she said “Let them eat cake” when she learnt that the peasants had no bread, or China’s Emperor Hui of the Jin dynasty who retorted “Why don’t they eat meat?” when told that his people did not have enough rice.
Strangely enough, the Prime Minister’s Office later the same day issued a statement clarifying that Najib was advised by doctors to eat quinoa for his daily nutrition.


The mystery why the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement contradicting Najib’s revelation earlier the same day that he ate quinoa because it was introduced by his son became clear when it was discovered that his son is in the quinoa import business.
We can read on his son’s Instagram account of his culinary exploits in preparing new quinoa dishes, like garlic chili quinoa with angus beef.
I will like to ask how many cabinet ministers are like Najib, who eat quinoa instead of rice, although it is some 23 times more expensive?

LIM KIT SIANG is the MP for Gelang Patah and DAP parliamentary leader.- Mkini

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