Kerajaangagal Twitterjaya Vents Over Pn S Incompetence On Covid 19 Economy

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The hashtag #kerajaangagal (failed government) trended on Twitter today, as Malaysians vented over the Perikatan Nasional government's alleged incompetence on several matters, ranging from the Covid-19 situation to the economy.
As of 3pm, there were over 60,000 tweets using the hashtag since last night.
One sore point has been the rate of Covid-19 infections, which has continuously been in four digits since the third wave began in September - following the Sabah state election.
"On July 8, the whole (of) Malaysia had an egg (no cases), but everything changed when the PN government held the Sabah state election when the cases were increasing.
"And now here we are with four-digit cases every day without any action from the government to reduce the cases. How pathetic! This shows (how) #kerajaangagal," said one user with the handle @alsfarhan.

The Sabah state election was called after former chief minister Musa Aman orchestrated defections from the then-Warisan led state government.

This prompted the then-chief minister Shafie Apdal to dissolve the State Legislature, paving the way for a fresh election.
Others lamented how the rising number of Covid-19 infections could most likely mean that they could not go home for Hari Raya Aidilfitri, or how mismanagement of the pandemic is hurting the tourism industry.
Those tweeting about #kerajaangagal also took aim at Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's claim that the government was running low on money after it allocated over RM600 billion for Budget 2021 and several stimulus packages.

Think tanks have dismissed Muhyiddin's claim as an overstatement of the nation's fiscal burden or misrepresentation on how much stimulus package funds were actually paid out of pocket by Putrajaya.

The appointment of a new deputy minister of tourism, arts and culture, Senator Guan Dee Koh Hoi today, was also poked at by angry Twitter users.
Other grouses that were aired using #kerajaangagal include rising prices of goods, stagnant wages, double standards for SOP violations, policy flip-flops and slow rollout for Covid-19 vaccinations. - Mkini

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