Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng said Putrajaya owed an explanation over why the country was lagging behind in its Covid-19 vaccination efforts compared to its regional peers.
"Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin must explain to the public how RM5 billion 'raided' from the National Trust Fund (or KWAN) to fund the National Immunisation Programme and RM622 billion in economic stimulus packages and 2021 Budget is spent, when Malaysia’s vaccination rate is lower than Indonesia and there is no sign of sustainable economic recovery," he said in a statement.
Lim pointed that Indonesia, a country of 276 million people, has recorded a vaccination rate of 4.2 percent.
In contrast, Malaysia has administered the first Covid-19 vaccine dose to about 3.6 percent of its 32.7 million population.
Lim added that Malaysia also has a higher per capita Covid-19 infection rate compared to Indonesia.
"No wonder Indonesia uses Malaysia as a sorry example to warn its citizens not to follow Malaysia in Covid-19 SOP compliance failure.
"How many more movement control orders (MCOs) must Malaysian endure, when the PN government stubbornly refuses to admit their failure to manage the Covid-19 crisis and stop the policy flip-flops and Covid-19 SOPs U-turns, sheer incompetence as well as double-standards in enforcing MCO compliance?" he said.
Lim renewed his call for Parliament, which has been suspended since Jan 11 due to a state of emergency, to be reconvened.
He said this was to ensure that every cent is accounted for in overcoming the national crisis. - Mkini
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