Call and complain

The wife of a minister of state has been calling journalists, particularly women journalists. She has been requesting that as women they should show solidarity with her and defend her in print. The wife's grouse is that some of the recent reportage about the cabinet reshuffle was unfair towards her. Her husband was relieved of his earlier portfolio and given a new one. A couple of reports insinuated that it had something to do with his wife's career, and in particular a party hosted at the minister's residence where the ministry officials were also present. The wife has been complaining that the source of these reports was her husband's former boss at the ministry, and that if hosting a party was a crime, the same yardstick should be applied to a senior leader who hosted his daughter's wedding at his official residence.