Guan Eng To Pm Stop Being In Denial And Take Charge

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DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said Muhyiddin Yassin appeared to be disconnected from pressing issues.PETALING JAYA: The prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, was urged today to take charge of daily National Security Council meetings to deal with the country’s struggling economy and the Covid-19 crisis.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the latest surge in Covid-19 infections and series of movement control orders in several key states had caused a slow economic recovery.
He said in a statement that the Perikatan Nasional government’s crisis management failure, “riddled with double-standards, policy flip-flops and SOP U-turns” were the major contributory factor of the sluggish recovery.
Lim accused the government of trying to shift responsibility to the rakyat, citing the recent warnings by officials that there could be more than 5,000 Covid-19 daily cases after Hari Raya Aidilfitri and the threats to detain or even imprison those who violate MCO restrictions.
“The national grievance of the rakyat is not against these laws but the double-standard enforcement of VIPs escaping unpunished or with lenient sentences as compared to the ordinary rakyat,” he added.
Despite the Emergency and suspension of Parliament, Lim said the health crisis has deteriorated, adding that NSC continues with its failed approaches in curbing the surge of infections.
The county, he added remains in recession despite the government spending RM622 billion in the economic stimulus package and 2021 Federal Budget.
He urged Putrajaya to explain why the people had not benefited fully from the government’s RM622 billion alocations for economic stimulus packages and the 2021 Budget.
He said it should result in each Malaysian receiving more than RM19,000 in benefits over the course of one year. “Where then is the RM19,000 in benefits to each Malaysian?,” he said.
He lamented the low vaccination rates, saying less than one million Malaysians have received at least one vaccine dose, making the December target this year to vaccinate 80% of Malaysia’s 32 million population impossible.
He said Muhyiddin appeared to be disconnected with these issues and should take charge by holding daily meeting with NSC. - FMT

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