Best Political Statement For 2020

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MM Online - Penang chief minister: Still stubborn about violating MCO? Then prepare for the worst:

Chow advised Penangites to use delivery services to get their basic needs instead of going out regularly to stock up

Picture by Sayuti Zainudin 
GEORGE TOWN, March 23 — Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has told Penangites to prepare for the worst if they still refuse to adhere to the movement control order (MCO) to stay at home.

He said Penang has already recorded 58 positive Covid-19 cases and one death as of yesterday.

“This is a worrying situation. Please don’t be stubborn, everyone must adhere to the MCO. If not, the MCO could be extended and we will face more difficulties,” the Penang lawmaker appealed in a message on Facebook Live at around 12.50pm today.

He said the state government has to take additional steps to make sure everyone stays at home and this includes RapidPenang and Penang Ferry reducing their service frequency. [...]

He advised everyone to use delivery services to get their basic needs instead of going out regularly to stock up.

“We have to issue new orders in these last 24 hours, such as ordering roadside stalls to stop operations, to limit the number of people going to the markets,” he said.



He said the Air Itam market had received a lot of coverage due to the daily crowds frequenting the site and this had been politicised and racialised.

He said Penang Pakatan Harapan was criticised for being a weak state government for allowing crowds at the market, while some parties had turned it into a racial issue and blamed certain races.
“From the beginning, I have stressed that I am not interested in politicising this issue. We are not proud of having less numbers of Covid-19 patients compared to other non-Pakatan Harapan states. This is not the time to play politics,” he said.
He reminded the people that wherever the Covid-19 patients are, whether in Penang, Melaka, Sarawak or Pahang, all of them are Malaysians.
“We should be fighting this as a country and as Malaysians,” he said.
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He said he has also discussed the enforcement of the MCO in Penang with the state’s police chief.
“All roadblocks held in the state were to ensure people adhere to the MCO and to discourage people from going out without valid reason,” he said.

I salute CM Chow Kon Yeow. I deem his statement, reproduced below (highlighted in green), as the BEST political statement for year 2020 thus far:
“From the beginning, I have stressed that I am not interested in politicising this issue. We are not proud of having less numbers of Covid-19 patients compared to other non-Pakatan Harapan states. This is not the time to play politics.”

He reminded the people that wherever the Covid-19 patients are, whether in Penang, Melaka, Sarawak or Pahang, all of them are Malaysians.

“We should be fighting this as a country and as Malaysians.”

Syabas 

Posted by KTemoc 

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