DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has called for the Dewan Rakyat to meet by Aug 16 at the latest to annul the six Emergency Ordinances and for prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to demonstrate he has the confidence of the majority of Parliament.
This follows the announcement by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that 11 lawmakers from his party have withdrawn their support for Muhyiddin and their letters have been submitted to the palace.
“After numerous movement control orders and a six-month emergency, we have a cumulative total of 1,163,291 Covid-19 cases and 9,598 Covid-19 deaths.
“Last November, we were ranked No. 85 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases, but today we are ranked No. 27.
“In daily new Covid-19 cases and deaths, Malaysia is among the world’s top dozen countries, with Malaysia in the world’s No. 1 position in terms of daily cases per million population among these dozen countries,” said Lim in a statement today
He said that under Muhyiddin’s leadership. Malaysia has ended up as one of the world’s worst performing nations under any metric
“On January 5, 2021, I called for a Parliament special meeting to address the worsening Covid-19 pandemic and to avert Malaysia reaching the cumulative total of 200,000 – 250,000 Covid-19 cases.
“Instead, an emergency was declared and Parliament was suspended,” he lamented.
Lim slammed the PN government for its failure to debate the emergency ordinances despite repeated calls by the king.
“After repeated calls by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers special meeting on June 16, 2021 for the emergency proclamation, the emergency ordinances and the National Recovery Plan to be debated in Parliament, a special meeting for Dewan Rakyat for five days and Dewan Negara for three days was scheduled, but there was no debate on the emergency proclamation or emergency ordinances.
“Most regrettably, the Parliament special meeting was suspended on July 29 on the grounds of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said, adding that Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah should not be pushed into serving any political agendas.
“With the announcement of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi withdrawing Umno support for Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister, Parliament should meet latest by August 16 to annul the six emergency ordinances and for Muhyiddin to demonstrate he has the confidence of the majority of Parliament,” said Lim.
Yesterday, following Zahid’s announcement, Umno lawmaker Zahidi Zainul Abidin claimed that the PN government remains intact despite more than 10 MPs from his party withdrawing their support for Muhyiddin.
The Padang Besar MP spoke to reporters at the Seri Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur after a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Umno MPs aligned to PN, which ended close to 2am this morning.
Ismail Sabri had arrived at the hotel about 12.30am following an earlier meeting with Muhyiddin at his residence in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. - Mkini
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