A special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat on floods should be held to enable elected representatives to voice their views and put up proposals to help the government seek the best solutions to handle the disaster, said Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said the party regrets the coordination of related agencies, which should have been activated by the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), as they were sloppy and weak in facing the floods.
“With such high fatalities compared to the big floods in 1971 (30 people) and 2014 (21), the government needs to heed the call of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to conduct a post-mortem on the flood disaster,” Zahid (above) said in a statement today.
While appreciating all efforts to assist flood victims as announced by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob which could amount to RM61,000, Zahid said Umno hoped information on the method of implementation and channelling of aid would be simplified and expedited.
Apart from that, he said Umno also hoped a one-off RM10,000 withdrawal from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will be considered in line with the decision of the Umno supreme council meeting on Aug 27.
On Dec 31, Pakatan Harapan also urged the government to hold a Dewan Rakyat sitting to debate the issue of floods that hit several states with many houses destroyed and lives lost.
- Bernama
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