Killing a few rats using a bomb? By Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz

 

EMERGENCY ?

 KILLING A FEW RATS USING A BOMB..

I never thought  I would live to see all that is happening now..

....Politics at its lowest level 

....some politicians putting SELF before people and Nation...

....A " Government " that is FAR FROM GOVERNING

....Putting Politics before Principles, ethics and National Interest.

....throwing the very basis of Democracy into the sewers

.....using any and every avenue and tool possible (however deplorable, disgusting and unethical...and WRONG)

....having life Compasses that are set towards POWER and Position...no matter how off tangent that compass direction is

And NOW, perhaps as the last resort...invoking an " Emergency"...using the Covid 19 Pandamic as the excuse.

CLEARLY..THIS Government has run out of steam and ability to plan and implement policies and measures, to address 

....Not Covid 19 per se..BUT all the  IMPACT of the Pandemic on People and  Nation

The MoH and Frontliners , must be acknowledged and congratulated..for having been able to manage the pandamic so far...in spite of " vips" violating the Rules, and politics  triggering spikes in infection..as has happened in Sabah.

BUT..seven months into the Pandamic, to SUDDENLY trigger an " emergency" ?

That is simply UNACCEPTABLE !

ALREADY, the ECONOMIC and SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACT on  PEOPLE and NATION, is continuing to drain us all of our Resilience and Confidence.

The People can accept MCOs, RMCOs etc..together with the globally accepted practices of keeping Safe PHYSICAL DISTANCE and USING MASKS and disinfecting...because these are valid measures to curtail the spread of infection.

We have gone through 7 months of all that...

BUT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY..IMPACTING PARLIAMENT, DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, AND  DISPENSING WITH DEMOCRATIC NORMS ????

THAT is like finding rats in the attic, and in some parts of the house..AND USING A BOMB TO KILL THEM...THE ENTIRE HOUSE WILL BE DESTROYED..

WE ARE GOING DOWN A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE...AND WILL BE JOINING THE BASKET CASES amongst Nations !

Those who have snaked their way 

onto the seats of Power, MUST ACT RESPONSIBLY....AND GOVERN.

STOP LOOKING FOR WAYS AND EXCUSES ,TO CLING TO POWER AND POSITIONS.

And DO NOT USE THE PANDEMIC as THE EXCUSE to  trigger an EMERGENCY 

..WHEN IN FACT it is MERELY  to save POLITICAL SKINS !

THE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE TOXIC POLITICS...and the irresponsible among Politicians.

IT IS TIME to work out THE NECESSARY PLANS to MITIGATE the various  IMPACT OF THE PANDAMIC..bringing together ALL STAKEHOLDERS 

The Pandemic is also NOT an EXCUSE for NOT WORKING as expected by the People.

 Malaysia,  and the People...MUST be able to 

 see the FUTURE WITH HOPE..

 JUST STOP POLITICKING!

 AND START WORKING...FOR PEOPLE AND NATION !

NO MORE TALK OF "EMERGENCY" AND SUCH..

DON'T BE IN THE KITCHEN IF ANYONE CANNOT STAND THE HEAT..

THE DOOR SHOWING THE WAY OUT IS ALWAYS OPEN

NO NEED TO DRAG THE PEOPLE OUT WITH YOU !

SEJAHTERA MALAYSIA KITA!

Rafidah Aziz

My comments :

To the point and precise.

Considering the ineptitude of the Ministers I would rather they did not work. They will do less damage if they did not work. 

Lets see how this thing pans out. 

Perhaps a new DPM with say NINE MPs can help the situation.

The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.