Muhyiddin, You Are Being Tested

If these people know what to do, why did they not do it back when they were the government? They had two months to do so but did absolutely nothing. And why condemn what the government or what Muhyiddin are doing without offering a solution? Semua salah! Semua tak betul! Which method is the correct one then? Bagitahulah!

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

The religious pundits will say we are being tested. Ujian Allah, as the Malays would say. Can I then say Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is being tested? If so, then how would we rate him? What yardstick or standard would we use to decide whether he passes or fails the test? Anyway, we are still halfway through the “test” so we will need to wait till the end of it to see whether Muhyiddin has passed or failed.

I suppose, to decide whether Muhyiddin has passed or failed the test, we most likely will need to compare his actions and decisions against those of, say, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Donald Trump (or the Indonesian and Philippines presidents, if you wish). Then we will know how Muhyiddin fared. I mean, since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is something new, there are no historical figures to use as a comparison. Hence the comparison would have to be against how other world leaders have performed.

But what parameters are we going to use? Would it be how many percent of 33 million Malaysians got infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus? Would it be how many percent of those who got infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus died and how many percent recovered? Do we use China, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK or the US as the yardstick or standard? Or do we compare Malaysia to Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines?

What would be the “acceptable” level and ratio of infections and deaths as a percentage of the nation’s population? For example, compared to other countries, and based on average statistics, would 10% infection and 1% deaths be considered good? In other words, Malaysia would see about 3.3 million infections and 330,000 deaths and that would be considered very good.

So, if more than 3.3 million Malaysians get infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus and more than 330,000 Malaysians die, Muhyiddin would have failed. Less than that, and Muhyiddin would have passed with flying colours.

But that is only the health impact, which is a small part of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis. The even bigger part of the crisis is the financial and economic impact, both personally for 33 million Malaysians and for the nation. How do we measure that and determine what is the passing mark?

How are you going to rate Muhyiddin’s performance in handling the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis?

Okay, let us say at the end of the day, after the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis is over, and the results are in (whatever the figures may be). And let us say the figures do not look good. But what is there to stop someone from saying if not because of the decisions made and actions taken by Muhyiddin, it would have been worse? In other words, Muhyiddin managed to reduce the infection and death rate by half. If not, it would have been far higher.

Yes, they can also say that and that would mean Muhyiddin succeeded.

The point is, those who are opposed to the government — such as the Pakatan Harapan people — will always find fault and criticise the government whether only 100 Malaysians die or 100,000 Malaysians die. Nothing is perfect. Everything is wrong. To these people, half a glass of water is always half empty, never half full. It is the nature of the beast.

If these people know what to do, why did they not do it back when they were the government? They had two months to do so but did absolutely nothing. And why condemn what the government or what Muhyiddin are doing without offering a solution? Semua salah! Semua tak betul! Which method is the correct one then? Bagitahulah!

They say the country is bankrupt. Then they say the government should not allow Malaysians to withdraw their EPF money. Instead, the government should pay each Malaysian RM250 per month or each family RM1,000 a month. So, how would the government do that if it is bankrupt, like they say? Macam tu, tak payah buka mulut takpe.

“Good” Christians and “good” Muslims believe that our fate and our life is in God’s hands. That would mean never mind what the government or Muhyiddin does, if our time is up then our time is up. We will still die anyway because that is what God has determined, and the time and manner of our death had been determined before we were born.

Yes, that is what “good” Christians and “good” Muslims are supposed to believe. But that is only lip service. So-called “good” Christians and “good” Muslims are actually only good talkers. Semua dekat mulut saja, bukan dalam hati. Then, when God does take someone’s life, all of a sudden, the government and Muhyiddin are to blame.

Yes, if “good” Christians are really good Christians and “good” Muslims are really good Muslims, they would not act and talk the way they do. Most so-called “good” Christians and “good” Muslims are stubborn, quarrelsome, irresponsible and selfish (and this COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis has revealed that). Christians and Muslims think they are different from one another. Actually, both are the same. Both are useless. You can actually find better atheists than these so-called “good” Christians and “good” Muslims.

The Malaysian police were more focused on politics than in doing their job