#kerajaangagal153 – At present rate of Covid-19 infection and fatality, Malaysia will have more than a million cases and  exceed 10,000 deaths between National Day on August 31 and Malaysia Day on Sept. 16

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Malaysia yesterday chalked up over three-quarter million Covid-19 cases with 751,979 cases and 5,254 deaths.

At present rate of Covid-19 infection and fatality, Malaysia will have more than a million cases and exceed 10,000 deaths between National Day on August 31 and Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021.

This is not the way to celebrate our 64th National Day and 58th Malaysia Day!

Parliament and the State Assemblies should meet “as soon as possible” to draft a new Covid-19 strategy and plan to replace the National Recovery Plan (NRP) to ensure that Malaysia does not join the “millionaire club of nations” with more than a million Covid-19 cases, presently comprising 28 nations, and exceed a toll of over 10,000 deaths during our celebrations of the 64th National Day and 58th Malaysia Day.

When emergency was proclaimed on January 11, 2021, there were 555 Covid-19 deaths. As of yesterday (1st July 2021), 4,699 people have died during the emergency, bringing the total fatalities from Covid-19 to 5,254 – shooting Malaysia to be among the top dozen countries in the world with the most daily number of Covid-19 deaths.

We are not in the league of the top five countries in the world with the most number of cumulative total of Covid-19 deaths, led by United States, with 34.5 million cases and over 620,000 deaths; Brazil with 18.5 million cases and over 516,000 deaths; India with over 30 million cases and nearly 400,000 deaths; Mexico with 2.5 million cases and over 230,000 deaths and Peru with two million cases and over 192,000 deaths.

But going by Our World in Data website, as on June 30, 2021, apart from

Russia and the South American nations, we have beaten the other top 10 countries in the world with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases with regard to “daily deaths per million of population” as illustrated from the following figures:

1. United States of America – 0.72

2. India – 0.73

3. Brazil – 9.79

4. France – 0.21

5. Russia – 4.52

6. Turkey – 0.53

7. United Kingdom – 0.21

8. Argentina – 14.07

9. Italy 0.40

10. Colombia – 11.99

11. Malaysia 1.92

How low has Malaysia sunk in achievements and excellence in various fields of human endeavour as compared to the better nations in the world?

Recently, an eminent Brazilian epidemiologist, Pedro Hallal, a professor at the

Federal University of Pelotas, said Brazil could have saved 400,000 lives if the country had implemented stricter social distancing measures and launched a vaccination programme earlier.

Hallal, who last week testified before a Brazilian senate inquiry into the government’s handling of the crisis, estimated that 95,000 to 145,000 deaths occurred due to the country’s inaction in acquiring vaccines.

Could Malaysia have saved 4,000 lives if the Muhyiddin government had better handled the Covid-19 pandemic?

What about the higher rate of suicides during the Covid-19 pandemic?

These are among the reasons why Parliament and the various State Assemblies must meet “as soon as possible” to prevent more fatalities, whether as a result of the Covide-19 pandemic, or directly or indirectly through a spiral rise in suicides caused by the various lockdowns.

More than two weeks have passed since the Conference of Rulers special meeting calling for Parliament and the State Assemblies to meet ASAP.

Why is the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin still dilly-dallying on the issue?

The way the “White Flag” movement is catching fire throughout the country is an indictment of the Muhyiddin government for its insensitivities, failures and mishandling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Muhyiddin Cabinet should hold an emergency Cabinet meeting not only to announce the convening of Parliament before August 1, but to take commensurate measures to address the problem giving rise to the “White flag” movement and the spiral increase of suicides in the country.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 2nd July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal153 — Pada kadar jangkitan dan kematian semasa akibat Covid-19, kita akan mencatatkan lebih daripada sejuta kes dan 10,000 kematian menjelang tempoh di antara sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia

Semalam, kita mencatatkan tiga perempat juta kes Covid-19 dengan 751,979 kes dan 5,254 kematian.

Pada kadar jangkitan dan kematian semasa akibat Covid-19, kita akan mencatatkan lebih daripada sejuta kes dan 10,000 kematian menjelang tempoh di antara sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia pada 31 Ogos dan 16 September tahun ini.

Ini bukanlah caranya untuk kita sambut Hari Kemerdekaan ke-64 dan Hari Malaysia ke-58!

Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri perlulah bersidang “secepat mungkin” untuk merangka strategi dan pelan baharu untuk melawan wabak Covid-19 dan untuk menggantikan Pelan Pemulihan Negara untuk memastikan negara kita tidak menyertai “kelab jutawan” dengan lebih daripada sejuta kes terkumpul menjelang sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia yang akan datang.

Semasa darurat diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021, kita menyaksikan 555 kematian akibat Covid-19. Setakat semalam (1 Julai 2021), 4,699 telah terkorban akibat wabak ini dalam tempoh darurat, membawa angka terkumpul korban nyawa Covid-19 kepada 5,254 — meletakkan Malaysia dalam kalangan satu dozen negara dengan kadar kematian harian tertinggi akibat Covid-19.

Kita tidak berada dalam liga yang sama seperti lima negara teratas dunia yang diketuai oleh Amerika Syarikat dengan 34.5 juta kes dan lebih daripada 620,000 kematian; Brazil dengan 18.5 juta kes dan lebih daripada 516,000 kematian; India dengan lebih 30 juta kes dan hampir 400,000 kematian; Mexico dengan 2.5 juta kes dan lebih dari 230,000 kematian dan Peru dengan dua juta kes dan lebih dari 192,000 kematian.

Tetapi, melihat maklumat di laman web Our World in Data, setakat 30 Jun 2021, selain daripada Rusia dan negara-negara Amerika Selatan, kita telah mengalahkan negara-negara di 10 kedudukan tertinggi di dunia dari segi “kadar kematian harian per sejuta penduduk” seperti yang digambarkan berikut:

1. Amerika Syarikat – 0.72

2. India – 0.73

3. Brazil – 9.79

4. Perancis – 0.21

5. Rusia – 4.52

6. Turki – 0.53

7. United Kingdom – 0.21

8. Argentina – 14.07

9. Itali – 0.40

10. Colombia – 11.99

11. Malaysia 1.92

Berapa jauhkah kita telah mundur ke belakang dalam mengejar pencapaian dan kecemerlangan dalam pelbagai bidang yang diceburi manusia berbanding dengan negara-negara lain yang lebih baik di seluruh dunia?

Baru-baru ini, seorang pakar epidemiologi yang tersohor dari Brazil, Pedro Hallal, seorang profesor di Universiti Persekutuan Pelotas, mengatakan yang Brazil mungkin akan dapat menyelamatkan 400,000 nyawa sekiranya negara tersebut telah mengamalkan penjarakan fizikal dengan lebih tegas dan melancarkan program vaksinasi lebih awal.

Hallal, yang baru sahaja memberikan keterangan kepada siasatan Senat Brazil minggu lepas mengenai pengendalian krisis Covid-19 di Brazil menganggarkan 95,000 ke 145,000 kematian yang berlaku di negara tersebut adalah akibat kelambatan mendapatkan bekalan vaksin.

Mungkinkah Malaysia dapat menyelamatkan 4,000 nyawa sekiranya kerajaan Muhyiddin berjaya mengendalikan wabak Covid-19 di negara kita dengan lebih baik?

Bagaimana pula dengan kadar bunuh diri yang meningkat semasa krisis Covid-19 ini?

Ini adalah antara sebab mengapa Parlimen dan Dewan-dewan Undangan Negeri perlu bersidang semula “secepat mungkin” untuk mengelakkan negara kita daripada terus merekodkan lebih banyak kematian, sama ada secara langsung akibat Covid-19 atau secara tidak langsung akibat peningkatan kes bunuh diri yang disebabkan oleh tindakan melaksanakan pelbagai bentuk sekatan pergerakan.

Lebih daripada dua minggu sudah berlalu sejak daripada mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja yang menyeru supaya Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri dipanggil bersidang secepat mungkin.

Mengapakah Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin masih berlengah-lengah mengenai perkara ini?

Cara bagaimana kempen “bendera putih” tersebar ke seluruh negara menjadi satu bukti kuat kegagalan, sikap tidak sensitif, dan kesilapan kerajaan Muhyiddin dalam mengendalikan wabak Covid-19 dalam negara kita.

Muhyiddin perlu memanggil mesyuarat khas Kabinet, bukan sahaja untuk mengumumkan sidang Parlimen sebelum 1 Ogos tetapi juga untuk mengumumkan langkah yang akan diambil kerajaan untuk mengatasi masalah rakyat yang telah menyebabkan rakyat terpaksa “mengangkat bendera putih” dan juga untuk menguruskan masalah peningkatan kes bunuh diri dalam negara.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat, 2 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal154 – Muhyiddin must take quick action to address the “White Flag” phenomenon before Malaysia becomes a “White Flag” country with a “White Flag” government

It is no use denying the “White Flag” phenomenon as is the line adopted  by PAS Ministers and leaders with one PAS Mentri Besar dismissing the #BenderaPutih (white flag) campaign as “political propaganda” while other government  leaders, like the Minister of Local Government and  Housing and the Minister for Women, Family and Community Development saying nice things about the movement while   trying to co-opt it.

If the White Flag online campaign is “political propaganda”, it must the first time in Malaysia that such a “political propaganda” does not involve  political parties, and should be fully encouraged.

The White Flag movement does not make but highlight  a broken government that is incapable of helping the people in dire need as a result of the 18-month long Covid-19 pandemic.

If the Muhyiddin government fails to take quick action to address the deep-seated causes of the “White Flag” phenomenon, Malaysia will soon become a “White Flag” country with a “White Flag” government.

This is because  it is not just vulnerable individuals, but vulnerable hawkers,   small and medium businesses who will put up their White Flags.

The government’s strategy has failed to  bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control and the Economist’s latest “Normalcy Index”, placing Malaysia 50th out of 50 nations,  is the latest international indictor  that Malaysia has catapulted to be among the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic as a result of the proclamation of emergency and the suspension of Parliament and the State Assemblies.

The suspension of Parliament and State Assemblies are the  very antithesis of an “all-of-government” and “whole-of-society” strategy and approach necessary to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysia has new war aims in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic – not just to  save  lives, but also to save  livelihoods and  protect the national economy and society.

The National Recovery Plan is a plan  to eliminate the coronavirus, and not one to live with the coronavirus after  transforming itself from a pandemic to  endemic.

Full lockdowns are not the answer for they kill not only the coronavirus but kill livelihoods and the national economy.

We should apply targetted lockdowns with  different  thresholds for the various states,  based on the state’s population and size.

There should be not be one threshold for a national lockdown.

Yesterday, for instance, 10 of the 13 states in Malaysia have less than 300 cases, viz:

Johore –        270

Kedah –        250

Sabah –        232

Pahang –      195

Penang –       174

Perak           149

Kelantan –     108

Terengganu –  50

Perlis –             1

There must be  more flexible, nimble and even creative responses to the challenges mounted  by the war against the Covid-19 pandemic so that we can  save lives, livelihoods, the national economy and society.

A Parliamentary Select Committee on Covid-19 Pandemic should constantly  monitor the progress of the war against Covid-19 pandemic which is empowered to initiate  flexible, nimble and creative responses to the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic.

This is why Parliament must be convened ASAP.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 2nd July, 2021)

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#kerajaangagal155 – Muhyiddin has neglected the high  Covid-19 fatality rate in Malaysia and he  must  direct his Covid-19 team to focus on it  as it is completely unacceptable for 2,374 people to die of Covid-19  in June itself

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The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, is to be commended for avoiding a full-scale constitutional crisis of his own making with the announcement by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), Takiyuddin Hassan that Parliament would be convened before the emergency ends on August 1, 2021.

For more than two weeks, there was a confrontation in-the-making between the Prime Minister and his bloated Cabinet on the one side and the Yang di Pertuan Agong, the Rulers and the people on the other side over the issue of the convening of Parliament, whether before or after August 1.

The nagging question is why the Prime Minister had not requisitioned an emergency meeting of the Cabinet instead of leaving it to the weekly Cabinet meeting next Wednesday to decide on the date of the Parliament meeting and has now to rely on Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders Orders 9(2)(a) and 11(2) to convene Parliament.

Be that as it may, the country can now concentrate on one issue – the devastation to the lives of Malaysians and the national economy and society by the Covid-19 pandemic

More and more countries are crafting an exit strategy to the Covid-19 pandemic, moving away from the previous zero tolerance approach for the coronavirus to one of co-existence with Covid-19 changing from a pandemic to an endemic.

But Malaysia is the only country claiming to have an exit strategy but which could not exit, as Malaysia seems to be now undergoing a period of peak cases, peak hospitalizations, and peak deaths.

Muhyiddin has neglected the high Covid-19 fatality rate in Malaysia and must direct his Covid-19 team to focus on it as it is completely unacceptable for 2,374 people to die of Covid-19 in June itself.

At the present rate of Covid-19 infection and fatality, Malaysia will have more than a million cases and exceed 10,000 deaths between National Day on August 31 and Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021.

This is the first task for the new start in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, with the convening of Parliament before August 1.

It is also unacceptable that Malaysia should have such a high “daily death per million population”, which according to Our World in Data, stands at 2.60 on July 1. If the United States has such a ratio on July 1, it should be having 863 deaths. Instead, the fatality of United States on July 1 was 283 deaths as its “daily death per million population” on July 1 was 0.92 and not 2.60.

Something is very wrong with Malaysia’s war against Covid-19 pandemic when there are 2,374 fatalities in June in Malaysia, as compared to 358 fatalities (or 15% of the 2,375 fatalities in Malaysia) in the United Kingdom for June.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 3rd July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal155 — Muhyiddin telah mengabaikan kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 yang tinggi di Malaysia dan beliau perlu segera menumpukan usaha pasukannya ke atas perkara ini kerana 2,374 kematian dalam bulan Jun sahaja adalah satu tahap yang tidak boleh diterima

Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin perlu dipuji kerana mengelakkan daripada berlakunya krisis berperlembagaan berskala besar dengan pengumuman daripada Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Undang-undang dan Parlimen), Takiyuddin Hassan yang mengatakan Parlimen akan bersidang sebelum darurat tamat pada 1 Ogos 2021.

Untuk lebih daripada dua minggu, terdapat potensi pertembungan di antara Perdana Menteri dan Kabinet gergasi beliau dengan Yang di Pertuan Agong, Majlis Raja-raja, dan rakyat mengenai isu pembukaan semula Parlimen, sama ada sebelum atau selepas 1 Ogos.

Persoalan yang masih timbul adalah mengapakah Perdana Menteri tidak memanggil mesyuarat khas Kabinet mengenai perkara ini, sebaliknya membiarkan perkara ini menunggu sehingga mesyuarat Kabinet akan datang pada hari Rabu depan dan kini kerajaan terpaksa menggunakan peruntukan 9(2)(a) dan 11(2) Peraturan Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat.

Apa-apa pun, negara kita kini boleh menumpukan perhatian kepada satu isu — kemusnahan terhadap kehidupan rakyat Malaysia, ekonomi negara, dan masyarakat akibat Covid-19.

Semakin banyak negara sekarang sedang merangka strategi keluar daripada wabak Covid-19, bergerak daripada cara sifar toleransi terhadap koronavirus ini yang digunakan sebelum ini, kepada suatu gaya hidup yang diubah untuk hidup bersama dengan selamat dengan wabak ini memandangkan wabak ini kini bersifat endemik.

Tetapi, Malaysia terus kekal menjadi satu-satunya negara yang mendakwa mempunyai strategi keluar namun terus tersekat daripada jalan keluar, kerana kita sedang berhadapan dengan kemuncak jumlah kes, kematian, dan kemasukan ke hospital.

Muhyiddin telah mengabaikan kadar kematian akibat wabak ini dan beliau perlu menumpukan usaha pasukannya ke atas perkara ini, kerana menjadi suatu perkara yang tidak boleh diterima apabila dalam bulan Jun sahaja, kita mencatatkan 2,374 kematian.

Pada kadar jangkitan dan kematian semasa akibat Covid-19, kita akan mencatatkan lebih daripada sejuta kes dan 10,000 kematian menjelang tempoh di antara sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia pada 31 Ogos dan 16 September tahun ini.

Inilah tugas pertama kita dalam permulaan baharu melawan Covid-19 yang akan bermula dengan pembukaan semula Parlimen sebelum 1 Ogos.

Hakikat di mana Malaysia mencatatkan kadar “kematian harian per sejuta penduduk” yang amat tinggi menurut laman web Our World in Data juga menjadi satu perkara yang sangat tidak boleh diterima. Setakat ini kita mencatatkan 2.60 kematian per sejuta penduduk pada 1 Julai. Sekiranya Amerika Syarikat mencatatkan nisbah yang sama pada 1 Julai, negara tersebut akan menyaksikan 863 kematian, sebaliknya, jumlah kematian di AS pada 1 Julai adalah 283 kematian dengan nisbah kematian per sejuta penduduk sebanyak 0.92 dan bukannya 2.60.

Terdapat sesuatu yang sangatlah tidak kena dengan perang kita dalam melawan wabak Covid-19, di mana 2,374 nyawa telah terkorban hanya di dalam bulan Jun sahaja, berbanding dengan 358 kematian (15% daripada angka kematian di negara kita) di United Kingdom untuk bulan Jun.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Sabtu, 3 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal156 –Call on Malaysians to unite to ensure that Malaysia  will not exceed over one million Covid-19  cases and  10,000 Covid-19 deaths when we celebrate  our 64th National Day  on August 31 and exceed 1.2 million cases and   11,000 deaths on 58th Malaysia Day on Sept. 16

Among the many failings of the Muhyiddin government is its distorted  sense of national priorities and a  shocking lack of a sense of urgency.

This is why it could waste more than two weeks to decide whether to have a full-blown constitutional crisis not only  against the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers, but the people of Malaysia after  its dismal failure to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control.

This is why there is no emergency meeting of the  Cabinet to convene Parliament before the emergency ends on August 1 as decreed by the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers at the Conference of Rulers special meeting on June 16, 2021.

I hope it is not true that there are continued efforts to stonewall the convening of Parliament by not allowing the Emergency Proclamation and Ordinance and the Covid-19 National Recovery Plan (NRP) to be debated in Parliament before August 1.

This is why there is no sense of urgency although Malaysia now ranks  No. 35 among nations in the world with the most cumulative total of over three-quarter of a million cases – a jump of 50 rankings in less than eight months which is  a ‘feat’ unequalled  by another nation in the world – and over 5,000 deaths.

At the rate of Covid-19 infection and fatality in the first three days of July, we are likely to exceed over one  million Covid-19 cases and 10,000 deaths when we mark   our 64th National Day on August 31 and exceed  1.2 million cases and 11,000 deaths on our 58th Malaysia Day anniversary on Sept. 16, 2021.

In these circumstances, what is there to celebrate on the 64th anniversary of National  Day and the 58th anniversary of the Malaysia Day?

We have recently been  catapulted to be one of the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic, beating the previous worst performing nations in “daily deaths per million population”  like the following statistics for July 2, 2021 from Our World in Data –  United States (0.76), India (0.68), France (0.41), Turkey (0.60), UK (0.26), Italy (0.47), Spain (0.40), Germany (0.48) and Iran (1.58) as compared to 2.31 for Malaysia.

At present, there are four  countries with over 800,000 Covid-19 cases and two countries with over 900,000 cases.

If the present rate of Covid-19 infection in Malaysia is not checked, we will join the “million club of nations” with over one million Covid-19 cases to mark our 64th National Day on August 31, 2021.

Do we want to overtake these six countries  and be ranked No. 29 in the world in terms of cumulative total of Covid-19 cases?

These countries are:

29.     Pakistan –     961,085 Covid-19 cases

30.     Romania –     936,256

31.     Portugal –      842,648

32.     Israel –          842,648

33.     Hungary –     808,197

34.     Japan –         803, 492

35.     Malaysia –     772,607

It has been said that Malaysians must choose whether they want to become cow herders or pig herders.

Malaysians do not want to be cow herders or pig herders but want to be a great nation on the cutting edge of technology, leveraging on the best values from the four great civilisations which meet in confluence in Malaysia – to build an united, plural and  world top class nation.

It is a great fallacy that the political choice before Malaysians is whether to be cow herders or pig herders.

But increasingly, we are showing the marks of a failed state and the latest indicators are:

·       The immediate failure of Malaysia’s Covid-19 Exit Pan,  the National Recovery Plan (NRP), with Malaysia unable to exit with rising Covid-19 infections and deaths. Covid-19 cases are projected to remain in the 6,000 cases zone in the first half of July when Malaysia should have made the  transition from Phase One to Phase Two of the NRP by achieving the threshold of less than 4,000 cases at the end of June;

·       Malaysia falling 35 places from 16th rank in January 2021 to a catastrophic 51st position in the June 2021 Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking out of 53 economies of more than US$200 billion;

·       Malaysia  ranked last in an index of 50 nations by The Economist to measure how well countries are doing in returning to normalcy in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Something is very wrong with Malaysia’s war against Covid-19 pandemic when there are 2,374 fatalities in June in Malaysia, as compared to 358 fatalities (or 15% of the 2,375 fatalities in Malaysia) in the United Kingdom for June.

This is why there must be immediate convening of Parliament on the worsening Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia  “as soon as possible”.

We are talking in terms of days and not  weeks  in the convening of Parliament, which   is both testified and justified  by the “prairie fire” effect of the “White Flag” phenomenon.

Malaysians should unite to ensure that we do not  exceed over one  million Covid-19  cases and  10,000 Covid-19 deaths when we mark our 64th National Day  on August 31 and exceed  1.2 million cases and 11,000 deaths on  the 58th Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021.

But will the Muhyiddin government unite with Malaysians for this goal?

(Media Statement  by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 4th  July , 2021)

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#kerajaangagal157 – Malaysia is doomed if Annuar Musa wields real influence in the Muhyiddin Cabinet

It is really tragic that Cabinet Ministers continue to make an ass of themselves.

Malaysia is really doomed if Annuar Musa, the Federal Territories Minister, wields real influence in the Muhyiddin Cabinet.

Only last month, I had occasion to remark that Malaysia will never win the war against Covid-19 pandemic if Annuar Musa’s attitude represented the mentality pf the Muhyiddin Cabinet, and the prophesy has not been proven wrong in the last 10 days.

On June 25, when I made the statement, Malaysia had 5,812 Covid-19 cases and 82 Covid-19 deaths. Yesterday, both had increased to 6,658 cases and 107 deaths.

What caused my statement was Annuar’s assertion at a Harakah Day forum on the Covid-19 pandemic that it was an indicator that the government had succeeded in managing the pandemic when the people were  no longer afraid of Covid-19.

May be Annuar thinks he was right. Let me tell him that he  was gravely wrong, as Malaysia was never in a situation since the emergency was declared on January 11, 2021 where the people were not afraid of Covid-19. For their  family and livelihoods, despite their fear of Covid-19 which could cause death and long Covid, they had put their fear aside to try to  make a living.

But Annuar has not learnt anything, as shown by his tweet to my statement yesterday that the Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin had  neglected the high Covid-19 fatality rate in Malaysia and asking him to  direct his Covid-19 team to focus on it as it was  completely unacceptable for 2,374 people to die of Covid-19 in June itself.

In his tweet, Annuar said:

“Mengabaikan? ternyata anda buta di hati..tiada optometrist yg boleh mengubatinya…”

I agree with the DAP Director of Political Education, Senator Liew Chin Tong, that in times of pandemic when suffering was widespread and distressful, one grave flaw of the Muhyiddin Ministers is the absence of empathy.

The Ministers, in their quest for personal advancement instead of promoting the national good, do not seem realise that in the Covid-19 pandemic, the people’s suffering are real.  This has caused  a huge spike in suicide cases and people are losing hope.

As Chin Tong said in his Facebook:

“Each time I look at the raids and other punitive actions such as hefty compound by the government’s enforcement agencies on helpless ordinary people for violation of SOP and other minor offences, I imagine something terrible. The image of Tunisia’s Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself on fire on 17 December 2010, which set off the Arab Spring uprising, came to mind.

“I understand how upset, frustrated and angry Malaysians are, for I feel the same.

“The hopelessness is real. The announcement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Mahiaddin Md Yasin on 27 June that the lockdown would continue without a timeline but is instead premised on Covid-19 daily reported cases declining to below 4,000 touched a raw nerve.

“Millions of low and middle-income families, especially those in informal sectors without job security, risk not having food on the table. Businesses which survived earlier waves of lockdowns now wonder if they would still be around when this indefinite lockdown is finally lifted. Employees in such establishments are naturally concerned about their own future.”

Thanks to Ministers like Annuar who have no empathy for the sufferings and sense of hopelessness of the people, the “White Flag” movement has spread like a prairie fire.

But what is very distressful  is that Malaysia is performing very badly in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysia  with 772,607 Covid-19 cases is now ranked No. 35 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases. But with 107 deaths yesterday, Malaysia  is  ranked No. 14 in the world for most daily deaths yesterday,  beating United States (96 deaths), France (17), Turkey (45), United Kingdom (18), Germany (10), Philippines (90) and Canada (10).

Recently we were  catapulted to be one of the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic, beating the previous worst performing nations in “daily deaths per million population”  like the following statistics for July 2, 2021 from Our

World in Data –  United States (0.76), India (0.68), France (0.41), Turkey (0.60), UK (0.26), Italy (0.47), Spain (0.40), Germany (0.48) and Iran (1.58) as compared to 2.31 for Malaysia.

At the rate of Covid-19 infection and fatality in the first three days of July, we are likely to exceed one  million Covid-19 cases and 10,000 deaths when we mark   our 64th National Day on August 31 and exceed  1.2 million cases and 11,000 deaths on our 58th Malaysia Day anniversary on Sept. 16, 2021.

Will Muhyiddin remove from the Cabinet Ministers who are incompetent, inept and who have not been able to develop an empathy for the sufferings and hopelessness of the people in the 18-month long Covid-19 pandemic?

(Media Statement (2)  by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 4th  July , 2021)

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#kerajaangagal158 – What is the use of talking about any Covid-19 National Recovery Plan when there is no plan for Malaysia to avoid joining  the Covid-19 “millionaire club of nations” and 10,000-11,000 fatalities between National Day and Malaysia Day?

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The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th anniversary with a 70,000-strong crowd at Tiananman, Beijing last Thursday, and it’s a sign of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic that everyone was maskless at the celebration.

The United States celebrated its July 4 Independence Day anniversary in Washington with a the largest planned event of the Biden presidency – some 1,000 people at a White House barbecue honouring Covid-19 pandemic first responders, essential workers and military personnel – celebrating and worrying at the same time US “independence from Covid-19” as the United States is still averaging hundreds of Covid-19 deaths each day although new cases and deaths are down by more than 90 per cent from their peak in January.

What of Malaysia?

We have beaten China, which has 44 times our population, in both Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths, with Malaysia having cumulative total of 778,652 cases and 5,497 deaths as compared to China’s cumulative total of 91,847 cases and 4,636 deaths.

As a result, we are ranked No. 35 among countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases while China is ranked No. 101.

Except for Russia and the South American countries, Malaysia has a higher “daily cases per million population” and “daily deaths per million population” than the previous world top worst performing nations including United States, India, France, Turkey, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Germany.

Unlike the United States, which yesterday experienced a 99% drop from its peak in both Covid-19 cases and deaths, we are in the reverse, as we are seeing new peak cases and new peak fatalities.

In fact, Malaysia is heading for new milestones in the Covid-19 pandemic.

At present, there are four countries with over 800,000 Covid-19 cases and two countries with over 900,000 cases for Malaysia to overtake before we join the “million club of nations” with over one million Covid-19 cases and be ranked No. 29 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases.

We are now ranked No. 35 with 778,652 Covid-19 cases while Japan is ranked No. 34 with 805,376 Covid-19 cases.

At the rate of Covid-19 infection in the first four days of the month, Malaysia will overtake Japan in a week’s time, well before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021.

In fact, based on the rate of Covid-19 infection and fatality in the first four days of July, we are likely to exceed over one million Covid-19 cases and 10,000 deaths when we mark our 64th National Day on August 31 and exceed 1.2 million cases and 11,000 deaths on our 58th Malaysia Day anniversary on Sept. 16, 2021.

What is the use of talking about any Covid-19 National Recovery Plan when there is no plan for Malaysia to avoid joining the Covid-19 “millionaire club of nations” and the 10,000 to 11,000 fatalities between National Day and Malaysia Day?

It is time that the authorities tell the country what positive steps it is taking to rein in the surge of Covid-19 cases and fatalities – although we have Ministers like Annuar Musa who just refuse to see this problem.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 5th July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal158 — Apa gunanya Pelan Pemulihan Negara sekiranya kita tidak ada rancangan untuk mengelakkan negara daripada menyertai “kelab jutawan” Covid-19 dengan 10,000 ke 11,000 kematian menjelang sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia?

Parti Komunis China telah menyambut ulang tahun ke-100 parti tersebut dengan perhimpunan seramai 70,000 orang di Tiananmen, Beijing pada hari Khamis lepas, hakikat di mana semua orang yang berkumpul tidak memakai pelitup muka semasa sambutan itu menunjukkan pemulihan negara tersebut daripada Covid-19.

Amerika Syarikat telah menyambut Hari Kemerdekaannya pada 4 Julai di Washington dengan acara terbesar dalam tempoh Biden menjadi Presiden — dengan lebih daripada 1,000 orang menghadiri majlis makan-makan barbeku di White House untuk menghargai sumbangan petugas barisan hadapan semasa Covid-19 dan kakitangan ketenteraan — menyambut dan pada masa yang sama, risau, mengenai “kemerdekaan AS daripada Covid-19” kerana negara tersebut masih secara purata mencatatkan beratus kematian setiap hari akibat wabak ini walaupun angka kes baharu dan kematian telah menurun sebanyak 90% berbanding dengan Januari.

Bagaimana pula dengan Malaysia?

Kita telah mengalahkan kedudukan China yang mempunyai 44 kali ganda jumlah penduduk, baik dari segi jumlah kes Covid-19 mahupun kematian akibat Covid-19, dengan negara kita mencatatkan 778,652 kes dan 5,497 kematian berbanding dengan angka 91,847 kes di China dan 4,636 kematian.

Hasilnya, kita berada di tempat ke-35 di seluruh dunia dari segi jumlah kes terkumpul sedangkan China berada di tempat ke-101.

Selain daripada Rusia dan negara-negara Amerika Selatan, Malaysia juga mencatatkan kadar “kes harian per sejuta penduduk” dan “kematian harian per sejuta penduduk” yang lebih tinggi daripada negara-negara yang sebelum ini merupakan negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam mengendalikan wabak ini, termasuklah Amerika Syarikat, India, Perancis, Turki, United Kingdom, Itali, Sepanyol, dan Jerman.

Tidak seperti Amerika Syarikat yang semalam mencatatkan penurunan 99% dari kemuncak kes dan kematian Covid-19, kita berada di dalam situasi yang bertentangan dengan menyaksikan kemuncak baharu jumlah kes dan kematian.

Malah, Malaysia sedang menuju kepada satu tanda aras Covid-19 baharu.

Setakat ini, ada empat buat negara dengan 800,000 kes dan dua negara dengan 900,000 yang perlu dipintas oleh Malaysia sebelum kita pula menyertai “kelab negara jutawan” Covid-19 dengan lebih daripada sejuta kes Covid-19 dan berada di tempat ke-29 di seluruh dunia dengan jumlah kes tertinggi.

Kita kini berada di tempat ke-35 dengan 778,652 kes manakala Jepun pula berada di tempat ke-34 dengan 805,376 kes.

Pada kadar jangkitan Covid-19 dalam empat hari pertama bulan ini, negara kita akan mengatasi kedudukan Jepun dalam masa seminggu, sebelum pembukaan Sukan Olimpik Tokyo pada 23 Julai 2021.

Malah, berdasarkan kadar semasa jangkitan dan kematian dalam empat hari pertama bulan Julai, kita mungkin akan melepasi paras sejuta kes dan 10,000 kematian akibat Covid-19 menjelang Hari Kebangsaan ke-64 pada 31 Ogos dan mencatatkan lebih daripada 1.2 juta kes dan 11,000 kematian menjelang Hari Malaysia ke-58 pada 16 September 2021.

Apakah gunanya kita bercakap mengenai Pelan Pemulihan Negara sekiranya kita tidak ada rancangan untuk mengelakkan negara daripada menyertai “kelab jutawan” Covid-19 dengan 10,000 ke 11,000 kematian menjelang sambutan Hari Kebangsaan dan Hari Malaysia?

Sudah tiba masanya pihak berkuasa di negara ini memberitahu kita semua, apakah langkah positif yang sedang diambil untuk mengawal peningkatan kes dan kematian akibat Covid-19 dalam negara — walaupun kita mempunyai menteri seperti Annuar Musa yang enggan untuk melihat perkara ini sebagai satu masalah.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 5 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal159 –  Four reasons why the parliamentary meeting scheduled by the government most improper and unconstitutional and the Cabinet meeting tomorrow should rectify it

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According to the statement by the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday, the Dewan Rakyat will reconvene on July 26 for five days until Aug 2, and the Dewan Negara sit for three days from Aug 3 until Aug 5.

This parliamentary meeting schedule by the government is most improper and unconstitutional for four reasons and the Cabinet meeting tomorrow should rectify it.

Firstly, there is no provision for the Opening of Parliament with a Royal Address by the Yang di Pertuan Agong, as the last meeting of Parliament was in December last year – Dec. 17, 2021 for the Dewan Rakyat and Dec. 29, 2021 for Dewan Negara.

When Parliament was restored on 20th February 1971 after an interregnum for 21 months of National Operations Council-rule because of an uncompleted general election and May 13, 1969 riots in Kuala Lumpur, the first item of official parliamentary business after the oath-taking ceremony for MPs and the election of the Parliament Speaker was the official opening of Parliament with the Royal Address by the Yang di Pertuan Agong.

The debate on the Royal Address was delayed to allow the Constitution

(Amendment) Bill 1971 to be debated and adopted.

The first item of parliamentary business of a restored Parliament should be the Opening of Parliament with a Royal Address by the Yang di Pertuan Agong laying out the government’s policies for the rest of the year.

Secondly, the five-day Dewan Rakyat and three-day Dewan Negara sittings are inadequate for a parliamentary meeting which must hold a debate on the Royal Address.

Last year in 2020, the debate on the Royal Address took 15 days in the Dewan Rakyat and eight days in the Dewan Negara. How can a five-day meeting in the Dewan Rakyat and a three-day meeting in the Dewan Negara be adequate for the restoration of Parliament?

Thirdly, the government schedule violates Article 150 (3) of the Constitution which requires the Emergency Proclamation and Ordinances to be “laid before both Houses of Parliament”. This will be violation of the Constitution if the Dewan Negara meets only on August 3 after the end of the emergency on August 1.

Fourthly, there are many serious and urgent matters requiring parliamentary debate and attention, including:

(i) Need for parliamentary reforms so that Parliament can play an important role to mobilise the nation in an “all-of-government” and “whole-of-society” strategy and approach to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

The government must explain why Malaysia was recently catapulted to be one of the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is illustrated by yesterday’s Covid-19 statistics, which placed Malaysia as the top 13th country in the world for daily increase of new Covid-19 cases and the top 12th country in the world for daily Covid-19 deaths, viz:

(a) Daily increase of new Covid-19 cases on July 5, 2021:

1. India – 34,067 cases

2. Indonesia – 29,745

3. United Kingdom-27,334

4. Colombia – 25,366

5. Russia – 24,353

6. Brazil – 22,703

7. Argentina – 17,277

8. Iran – 16,025

9. South Africa – 12,513

10. Spain – 10,675

11. Bangladesh – 9,964

12. Iraq – 8,030

13. Malaysia – 6,387

(b) Daily increase of new Covid-19 deaths on July 5, 2021

1. Brazil – 754

2. Russia – 654

3. Argentina – 617

4. Colombia – 570

5. Indonesia – 558

6. India – 552

7. Bangladesh – 164

8. Iran – 157

9. Chile – 148

10. Tunisia – 105

11. Paraguay – 101

12. Malaysia – 77

Why is Malaysia doing so badly in the Covid-19 pandemic, when the daily increase of new Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths in the United States yesterday dropped by over 98% and 99% respectively from their January peaks. In Malaysia, we are facing peak cases, peak hospitalisation and peak deaths in the

Covid-19 pandemic.

What are the plans to overcome these problems.

Equally important, let the government present a plan to ensure that Malaysia would not exceed one million Covid-19 cases and 10,000 deaths when we mark our 64th National Day on August 31 and exceed 1.2 million cases and 11,000 deaths on our 58th Malaysia Day anniversary on Sept. 16, 2021.

(ii) Urgent need for a new strategy and approach to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic, as illustrated not only by the Economist’s global normalcy index which placed Malaysia in the last 50th position out 50 countries but also the June 2021 Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking where Malaysia fell 35 places from its 16th ranking in January to 51st position in June, 2021 out of 53 economies of more than US$200 billion. There are also the challenges from the high Covid-19 death rates, spiral suicides and the suffering and hopelessness of the people as evident in the response to the “White Flag” movement.

(iii) Urgent need to debate the 12th Malaysia Plan 2021-2025 – already some eight months behind time.

The Cabinet meeting tomorrow should rectify the parliamentary schedule for both Houses of Parliament to comply with both the Constitution and the respective Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament.

It is a national relief that the Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, is not facing any life-threatening situation and continue to make critical decisions while in hospital, but it raises the question why he could chair the National Security Council (NSC) meeting from the hospital but not an emergency meeting of the Cabinet on the proper convening of Parliament “as soon as possible”.

#kerajaangagal159 – Empat sebab mengapa mesyuarat parlimen yang dijadualkan oleh kerajaan amat tidak wajar dan tidak selari dengan perlembagaan dan mesyuarat Kabinet esok harus memperbetulkannya

Menurut kenyataan Pejabat Perdana Menteri semalam, Dewan Rakyat akan bersidang pada 26 Julai selama lima hari sehingga 2 Ogos, dan Dewan Negara pula akan bersidang selama tiga hari dari 3 Ogos hingga 5 Ogos.

Mesyuarat parlimen yang dijadualkan oleh kerajaan amat tidak wajar dan tidak selari dengan perlembagaan atas empat sebab dan mesyuarat Kabinet esok harus memperbetulkannya.

Sebab pertama, tidak ada peruntukan untuk Pembukaan Parlimen dengan Titah Diraja oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, kerana mesyuarat terakhir Parlimen adalah pada bulan Disember tahun lalu – 17 Disember 2021 untuk Dewan Rakyat dan 29 Disember 2021 untuk Dewan Negara.

Semasa Parlimen dipulihkan pada 20 Februari 1971 iaitu selepas masa peralihan selama 21 bulan pentadbiran Majlis Gerakan Negara ekoran pilihan raya umum yang dilaksanakan separuh jalan dan rusuhan 13 Mei 1969 di Kuala Lumpur, perkara pertama urusan rasmi Parlimen selepas majlis mengangkat sumpah Ahli Parlimen dan pelantikan Speaker Parlimen adalah pembukaan rasmi Parlimen dengan Titah Diraja oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Perbahasan Titah Diraja telah ditangguhkan bagi membolehkan Rang Undang-Undang Perlembagaan (Pindaan) 1971 dibahaskan dan diluluskan.

Urusan pertama Parlimen setelah Parlimen dipulihkan seharusnya didahului dengan Titah Diraja oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong yang menyentuh mengenai dasar-dasar kerajaan sepanjang tahun.

Kedua, sidang lima hari Dewan Rakyat dan tiga hari Dewan Negara tidak mencukupi untuk mesyuarat Parlimen mengadakan perbahasan Titah Diraja.

Tahun lalu pada 2020, perbahasan Titah Diraja mengambil masa 15 hari di Dewan Rakyat dan lapan hari di Dewan Negara. Bagaimana mesyuarat lima hari Dewan Rakyat dan mesyuarat tiga hari Dewan Negara mencukupi untuk pemulihan Parlimen?

Ketiga, jadual yang ditetapkan kerajaan itu melanggar Perkara 150 (3) Perlembagaan yang mensyaratkan Proklamasi Darurat dan apa-apa ordinan yang dimasyhurkan hendaklah dibentangkan di hadapan kedua-dua Majlis Parlimen. Akan berlaku pelanggaran terhadap Perlembagaan jika Dewan Negara bersidang hanya pada 3 Ogos selepas darurat tamat pada 1 Ogos.

Keempat, terdapat banyak perkara mendesak dan penting yang memerlukan perhatian dan perbahasan di Parlimen, ini termasuk:

(i) Keperluan untuk pembaharuan parlimen supaya Parlimen boleh memainkan peranan penting dalam menggerakkan negara berpandukan strategi dan pendekatan “keseluruhan kerajaan” dan “keseluruhan masyarakat” untuk menang perang melawan Covid-19.

Kerajaan harus menjelaskan mengapa Malaysia baru-baru ini tercampak menjadi salah sebuah negara terburuk dalam menangani wabak Covid-19.

Ini digambarkan menerusi statistik Covid-19 semalam, yang mana meletakkan Malaysia sebagai 13 negara teratas di dunia untuk peningkatan kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan 12 negara teratas di dunia untuk kes kematian harian akibat Covid-19:

(a) Peningkatan kes harian kes baharu Covid-19 pada 5 Julai 2021:

1. India – 34,067

2. Indonesia – 29,745

3. United Kingdom-27,334

4. Colombia – 25,366

5. Rusia – 24,353

6. Brazil – 22,703

7. Argentina – 17,277

8. Iran – 16,025

9. Afrika Selatan – 12,513

10. Sepanyol – 10,675

11. Bangladesh – 9,964

12. Iraq – 8,030

13. Malaysia – 6,387

(b) Peningkatan kes kematian harian baharu Covid-19 pada 5 Julai 2021:

1. Brazil – 754

2. Rusia – 654

3. Argentina – 617

4. Colombia – 570

5. Indonesia – 558

6. India – 552

7. Bangladesh – 164

8. Iran – 157

9. Chile – 148

10. Tunisia – 105

11. Paraguay – 101

12. Malaysia – 77

Mengapa prestasi Malaysia begitu teruk, sedangkan peningkatan kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan kematian akibat wabak itu di Amerika Syarikat semalam masing-masing turun lebih 98% dan 99% daripada kemuncak pada Januari. Di Malaysia, kita sebaliknya berdepan puncak kes, puncak jumlah pesakit yang dimasukkan ke hospital dan puncak kematian akibat pandemik Covid-19.

Apakah perancangan untuk mengatasi masalah-masalah ini.

Sama penting, kerajaan harus membentangkan sebuah rancangan untuk memastikan Malaysia tidak melepasi paras 1 juta kes Covid-19 dan 10,000 kematian menjelang Hari Kebangsaan ke-64 pada 31 Ogos dan tidak melepasi paras 1.2 juta kes dan 11,000 kematian menjelang Hari Malaysia ke-58 pada 15 September 2021.

(ii) Keperluan mendesak untuk merangka sebuah strategi dan pendekatan baharu untuk menang perang lawan pandemik Covid-19, seperti yang digambarkan bukan sahaja menerusi indeks kemampuan untuk kembali normal selepas Covid-19 oleh The Economist yang meletakkan Malaysia di tangga ke-50 daripada 50 negara, malah Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking Jun 2021 di mana Malaysia jatuh 35 anak tangga daripada kedudukan ke-16 pada Januari kepada kedudukan ke-51 pada Jun 2021 daripada 53 negara dengan nilai ekonomi melebihi AS$200 bilion.

Kita juga berdepan cabaran kadar kematian Covid-19 yang tinggi, kes bunuh diri dan kesengsaraan serta rasa putus asa rakyat seperti yang dapat dilihat menerusi kempen kibar bendera putih.

(iii) Keperluan mendesak untuk membahaskan Rancangan Malaysia ke-12 2021-2025 yang telah terlewat lapan bulan.

Mesyuarat Kabinet esok harus memperbetulkan jadual Parlimen untuk kedua-dua Majlis Parlimen selaras dengan Perlembagaan dan Perintah Tetap kedua-dua Majlis Parlimen.

Seluruh negara lega mendengar perkhabaran bahawa Perdana Menteri, Muhyiddin Yassin, tidak berhadapan dengan situasi yang mengancam nyawa dan masih boleh membuat keputusan penting semasa berada di hospital, namun ia membangkitkan persoalan mengapa beliau boleh mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Keselamatan Negara dari hospital tetapi tidak mesyuarat khas Kabinet berhubung pembukaan Parlimen “secepat mungkin”.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Selasa, 6 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal160 — All Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, region or politics must unite to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic

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Yesterday, I read a report published on Free Malaysia Today with the title “Covid is a test from God, only Allah’s govt can overcome it, says Hadi”.

When I read the statement, I was under the assumption that “Allah’s government” in the report, attributed to PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang referred to “Kerajaan Islam”, which includes the Perikatan Nasional government. It is no secret that Perikatan Nasional and PAS has always claimed that the PN government is a ‘Malay-Muslim government’.

As a response, I issued a statement which questioned Hadi’s reported statement, with the understanding that Hadi Awang is saying that only a “Kerajaan Islam” such as the PN government can deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

I had no intentions to question any belief, including Islam, but only to respond to what Hadi said as reported.

After the statement was issued, I was told that my understanding of Hadi Awang’s statement was mistaken, that he did not refer to any earthly Government and not any “Kerajaan Islam”.

With this realisation, I retracted my statement and apologise for the statement which was based on my mistaken understanding of what Hadi said.

Be that as it may, PAS, as a party of the Perikatan Nasional government, must bear full responsibility for Malaysia becoming one the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysia is faced with grave problem with our catapulting to one of the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is reflected by the Economist’s global normalcy index, where we are placed No. 50 out of 50 countries losing out not only to Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and Taiwan, but also to Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Indonesia.

This is also reflected in the Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking, where we fell 35 places from 16th position in the January 2021 to the 51st ranking in June 2021, losing out not only to United States, New Zealand, Israel, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan, but also to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia out of 53 economies of more than US$200 billion.

From yesterday’s Covid-19 statistics, Malaysia is the top 13th country in the world for daily increase of new Covid-19 cases and the top 12th country in the world for daily Covid-19 deaths, viz:

(a) Daily increase of new Covid-19 cases on July 5, 2021:

1. India – 34,067 cases

2. Indonesia – 29,745

3. United Kingdom-27,334

4. Colombia – 25,366

5. Russia – 24,353

6. Brazil – 22,703

7. Argentina – 17,277

8. Iran – 16,025

9. South Africa – 12,513

10. Spain – 10,675

11. Bangladesh – 9,964

12. Iraq – 8,030

13. Malaysia – 6,387

(b) Daily increase of new Covid-19 deaths on July 5, 2021

1. Brazil – 754

2. Russia – 654

3. Argentina – 617

4. Colombia – 570

5. Indonesia – 558

6. India – 552

7. Bangladesh – 164

8. Iran – 157

9. Chile – 148

10. Tunisia – 105

11. Paraguay – 101

12. Malaysia – 77

As the coronavirus does not differentiate in terms of race, religion, region or politics when infecting human beings, all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, region or politics, must unite to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Media statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, 6th July 2021)

#kerajaangagal160 — Semua rakyat Malaysia, tanpa mengira kaum, agama, kawasan, mahupun politik perlu bersatu-padu untuk memenangi perang melawan Covid-19

Semalam, saya telah membaca laporan FreeMalaysiaToday yang bertajuk “Covid is a test from God, only Allah’s govt can overcome it, says Hadi”.

Selepas membaca laporan tersebut, saya telah beranggapan bahawa “Allah’s government” yang disebut oleh Abdul Hadi Awang merujuk kepada Kerajaan Islam, termasuklah Kerajaan Perikatan Nasional yang sering mendakwa mereka adalah “Kerajaan Melayu-Islam”.

Atas pemahaman ini, saya telah mengeluarkan kenyataan semalam yang kemudian telah dimuat naik ke platform media sosial saya. Saya mempersoalkan kenyataan tersebut kerana menyangka bahawa Hadi Awang menyatakan bahawa hanya sebuah Kerajaan Islam dapat menangani Covid-19.

Saya langsung tidak berniat untuk mempersoalkan mana-mana agama atau kepercayaan, mahupun agama Islam, dan niat saya hanyalah untuk menulis respons kepada apa yang dilaporkan sebagai dikatakan oleh Hadi.

Selepas kenyataan tersebut dikeluarkan, saya telah dimaklumkan bahawa saya telah silap dalam pemahaman saya mengenai apa yang dikatakan oleh Hadi Awang, dan beliau bukan merujuk kepada ‘Kerajaan Islam’.

Atas kesedaran ini, saya menarik balik kenyataan saya dan memohon maaf atas kenyataan tersebut yang berdasarkan pemahaman yang salah mengenai kenyataan Hadi.

Walau bagaimanapun, sebagai salah satu parti komponen kerajaan Perikatan Nasional, PAS perlu bertanggungjawab kerana menyebabkan Malaysia menjadi salah satu negara dengan prestasi pengendalian Covid-19 yang terburuk di dunia.

Malaysia kini berhadapan dengan masalah besar, di mana negara kita sedang menjunam pantas menjadi salah satu negara dengan prestasi Covid-19 yang terburuk di dunia.

Perkara ini dapat dilihat dalam penerbitan Indeks Kenormalan Global majalah The Economist, di mana kita terletak di tempat ke-50 daripada sejumlah 50 buah negara, tewas bukan sahaja dengan Hong Kong, New Zealand, Korea Selatan, China, Jepun, Rusia, Thailand, Singapura, Vietnam, dan Taiwan, tetapi juga tewas dengan Pakistan, Mesir, Turki, Arab Saudi, UAE, dan Indonesia.

Perkara ini juga dalam dilihat dalam Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking, di mana kita telah jatuh 35 anak tangga daripada tempat ke-16 pada Januari 2021 ke tempat ke-51 dalam bulan Jun 2021 dalam kategori ekonomi yang bernilai lebih daripada AS$200 bilion, tewas bukan sahaja kepada Amerika Syarikat, New Zealand, Israel, China, Korea Selatan, Singapura, Jepun, Hong Kong, Rusia, Thailand, Vietnam, dan Taiwan, tetapi juga tewas dengan Turki, Arab Saudi, UAE, Mesir, Iraq, Bangladesh, Pakistan, dan Indonesia.

Daripada statistik Covid-19 semalam, Malaysia berada di tempat ke-13 teratas di dunia dari segi peningkatan kes harian Covid-19, dan di tempat ke-12 tertinggi dari segi kematian akibat wabak ini, yang digambarkan seperti berikut:

(a) Peningkatan kes harian kes baharu Covid-19 pada 5 Julai 2021:

1. India – 34,067

2. Indonesia – 29,745

3. United Kingdom-27,334

4. Colombia – 25,366

5. Rusia – 24,353

6. Brazil – 22,703

7. Argentina – 17,277

8. Iran – 16,025

9. Afrika Selatan – 12,513

10. Sepanyol – 10,675

11. Bangladesh – 9,964

12. Iraq – 8,030

13. Malaysia – 6,387

(b) Peningkatan kes kematian harian baharu Covid-19 pada 5 Julai 2021:

1. Brazil – 754

2. Rusia – 654

3. Argentina – 617

4. Colombia – 570

5. Indonesia – 558

6. India – 552

7. Bangladesh – 164

8. Iran – 157

9. Chile – 148

10. Tunisia – 105

11. Paraguay – 101

12. Malaysia – 77

Memandangkan wabak koronavirus ini tidak membezakan antara kaum, agama, kawasan, atau politik dalam menjangkiti umat manusia, semua rakyat Malaysia, tanpa mengira kaum, agama, kawasan, mahupun politik perlulah bersatu padu untuk memenangi perang melawan wabak Covid-19 ini.

(Kenyataan Media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 5 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal161 – Under the present surge of Covid-19 infections,  Malaysia will overtake Japan ten days before the opening of  Tokyo Olympics on 23rd July on total Covid-19 cases  and set  to exceed one million Covid-19 cases and over 9,000 Covid-19 deaths by mid-August

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Under the present surge of Covid-19 infections, Malaysia will overtake Japan ten days before the opening of Tokyo Olympics on 23rd July on total Covid-19 cases and set to exceed one million Covid-19 cases and over 9,000 Covid-19 deaths by mid-August.

Yesterday’s Covid-19 statistics reporting a daily increase of 7,654 new Covid-19 cases and 103 new Covid-19 deaths have further alarmed Malaysians, for with a cumulative total of 792,693 Covid-19 cases and 5,677 Covid-19 deaths, Malaysia will join the 34 other nations with over 800,000 Covid-19 cases by tomorrow (or even today, if we exceed 7,307 new cases).

These are sombre facts which should factor into Cabinet consideration today to convene a proper Parliamentary meeting commensurate with the enormity of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis facing Malaysia.

Three weeks ago on June 17, I gave my personal views on the need to mobilise a

Covid-19 national coalition, encompassing the Executive, Parliament and covering all levels of Malaysian society, to turn the tides of defeat to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 situation has gone from bad to worse in the last three weeks, with cumulative total of 678,764 Covid-19 cases and 4,202 Covid-19 deaths on June 17 worsening to 792,693 Covid-19 cases and 5,677 Covid-19 deaths yesterday.

We must get out of the position of being among the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic as other worst performing nations have turned the corner and doing well in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, with the United States for instance drastically reducing its daily new Covid-19 cases and new Covid-19 deaths by some 98% and 99% from their peaks in January.

For more than a year, I have been calling for an “all-of-government” and “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the invisible but lethal war against the Covid-19 pandemic but this has yet to become a reality.

The Cabinet and the Parliament to be convened before August 1 must set as their tasks the launch of a national mobilisation of this Malaysian coalition at all levels of society to win the invisible war against Covid-19 pandemic, especially as this is going to be a long-haul war with experts believing that the Covid-19 pandemic will not be over until 2024.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 7th July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal161 – Berdasarkan peningkatan terkini jangkitan Covid-19, Malaysia bakal memintas Jepun dalam jumlah keseluruhan kes Covid-19, 10 hari sebelum pembukaan temasya kejohanan Olimpik Tokyo pada 23 Julai dan dijangka melepasi angka sejuta kes Covid-19 dengan lebih 9,000 kematian menjelang pertengahan Ogos

Berdasarkan peningkatan terkini jangkitan Covid-19, Malaysia bakal memintas Jepun dalam jumlah keseluruhan kes Covid-19, 10 hari sebelum pembukaan temasya kejohanan Olimpik Tokyo pada 23 Julai dan dijangka melepasi angka sejuta kes Covid-19 dengan lebih 9,000 kematian menjelang pertengahan Ogos.

Rakyat Malaysia menzahirkan kebimbangan selepas negara merekodkan 7,654 kes baharu Covid-19 dengan 103 kematian semalam, sekaligus menjadikan jumlah kumulatif kes jangkitan dan kematian kini masing-masing mencecah 792,693 kes dan 5,677 kes. Malaysia bakal menyertai senarai 34 negara dengan 800,000 kes menjelang esok (atau hari ini, jika kita merekodkan 7,307 kes baharu).

Ini adalah fakta yang harus dipertimbangkan dalam mesyuarat Kabinet hari ini untuk mengadakan sidang Parlimen yang sewajarnya bersesuaian dengan krisis pandemik Covid-19 yang semakin memburuk di negara ini.

17 Jun lalu, saya memberikan pandangan peribadi saya tentang keperluan untuk menggerakkan sebuah gerakan kebangsaan yang melibatkan badan Eksekutif, Parlimen dan semua lapisan masyarakat di negara ini, untuk bangkit daripada kegagalan dalam perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Situasi Covid-19 di negara ini semakin memburuk sejak tiga minggu lalu, dengan jumlah kumulatif kes jangkitan dan kematian akibat Covid-19 masing-masing mencecah 678,764 kes dan 4,202 kes pada 17 Jun dan meningkat kepada 792,693 kes dan 5,677 kes semalam.

Kita harus segera keluar dari senarai negara-negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam menangani wabak ini kerana negara-negara yang menunjukkan prestasi buruk sebelum ini telah mula memperlihatkan bibit-bibit kejayaan dalam perang melawan Covid-19. Sebagai contoh Amerika Syarikat yang dilihat telah berjaya menurunkan kes jangkitan dan kematian harian Covid-19 masing-masing sebanyak 98% dan 99% daripada kemuncak pada Januari lalu.

Sudah lebih setahun saya menggesa agar pendekatan dan strategi “keseluruhan kerajaan” dan “keseluruhan masyarakat” diterapkan dalam perang melawan Covid-19, namun sehingga hari ini hasrat itu masih belum tercapai.

Kabinet dan Parlimen yang akan bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos depan harus melancarkan gerakan kebangsaan yang melibatkan semua lapisan masyarakat bagi memenangi perang melawan musuh yang tidak kelihatan ini, dengan mengambil kira pandangan pakar yang menjangkakan pandemik ini akan berpanjangan sehingga penghujung tahun 2024.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu, 7 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal162 – Malaysia needs a “War against Covid-19 Pandemic” coalition government whose sole task is to win the war against Covid -19

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Yesterday’s Covid-19 statistics is proof that despite Malaysia fighting a losing war against the Covid-19 pandemic – as evident from the triple failures of the emergency, the twice-extended “total lockdowns” and the National Recovery Plan – there are no signs that we are turning the tides of defeat in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the first seven days of July, Malaysia registered a rolling daily average of 6,830 Covid-19 new cases, when we should be reaching the threshold of less than 4,000 cases on June 28, and the question in many minds is when the “total lockdown” will be lifted as it has proved to be a total failure.

Covid-19 has claimed 47,811 cases and 598 fatalities in the first seven days of July.

Before the emergency was declared on January 11, 2021, Malaysia had a cumulative total of 135,992 Covid-19 cases and 551 Covid-19 deaths.

Now Malaysia has a cumulative total of 799,790 Covid-19 cases and 5,768 Covid-19 deaths – which means that there had been 663,798 Covid-19 cases and 5,219 Covid-19 deaths during the six-month emergency.

This must be most failed emergency in the world, which in six months increased by six times the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases in the previous 12 months; and in six months, increased by almost ten times the number of Covid-19 fatalities of the previous 12 months.

Covid-19 cases and deaths are surging in Malaysia, and unless checked, we will exceed a million cases and over 10,000 deaths when we celebrate the 64th anniversary of our National Day on August 31 and over 1.2 million Covid-19 cases and over 11,000 Covid-19 deaths on the 58th anniversary of Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021.

The Covid-19 pandemic poses an existential threat not only to the lives of Malaysians, but also to the Malaysian economy and nation.

The Covid-19 situation has gone from bad to worse in the last five weeks of “total lockdown”. We must get out of the position of being among the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic as other previous worst performing nations have turned the corner and are doing well in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, with the United States for instance drastically reducing its daily new Covid-19 cases and new Covid-19 deaths by some 98% and 99% respectively from their peaks in January.

The country needs a national coalition encompassing the Executive, Parliament and all sectors of Malaysian society for an “all-of-government” and “whole-of-society” strategy and approach to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic, with the evolution of the earlier war aim of zero tolerance for the coronavirus to co-existence with it.

The invisible but lethal war against Covid-19 pandemic is going to be long haul with experts forecasting that it would take another two or three years before we can return to pre-pandemic normalcy.

We must have a government mindful of the importance of a national coalition to win the war against the Covid-18 pandemic, for this must be the preponderant challenge for all Malaysians.

With the latest political development following the UMNO Supreme Council decision last night to withdraw support for the Perikatan Nasional government, a new political scenario has emerged in the country.

This is most unfortunate for all energies should be focussed on how to build a national coalition to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic instead of on waging political warfare.

Be that as it may, we are in a new political scenario where no one seems to be able to command a clear majority of support of Members of Parliament and this calls for an agile and creative solution based on a national coalition to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

This can take various combinations and permutations, including:

1. Continuation of the present government but mindful of the need for an agreed consensus to form a national coalition encompassing the Executive, Parliament and the various sectors of Malaysian society to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

2. A new government with the consensus for a national coalition encompassing the Executive, Parliament and the various sectors of Malaysian society to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

3. A new government, with representatives from all parties represented in Parliament, with one overriding objective: to form a national coalition to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is the time for Malaysians, guided by the Malaysian Constitution and the five Rukun Negara principles of nation-building, to put on their thinking caps and come up with ideas as how Malaysians can win the war against Covid-19 pandemic, before more damage is done to the Malaysian economy and society, apart from more deaths and suicides as a result of the pandemic.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 8th July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal162 – Malaysia memerlukan sebuah kerajaan gabungan untuk “Memerangi Covid-19” dengan tugas tunggal untuk menang dalam perang ini

Statistik Covid-19 semalam adalah bukti bahawa meskipun Malaysia melancarkan perang habis-habisan terhadap pandemik Covid-19 — seperti yang dapat dilihat menerusi pelaksanaan darurat, “sekatan penuh” yang dilanjutkan sebanyak dua kali dan Pelan Pemulihan Negara; yang boleh dianggap sebagai kegagalan tiga serangkai – tidak kelihatan tanda-tanda yang kita akan bangkit daripada kekalahan dalam perang melawan wabak ini.

Tujuh hari pertama bulan Julai, Malaysia merekodkan purata 6,830 kes baharu Covid-19 setiap hari, sedangkan kita sepatutnya sudah mampu mencapai nilai ambang kurang dari 4,000 kes sehari pada 28 Jun lalu. Justeru timbul persoalan, bilakah “sekatan penuh” ini akan ditamatkan kerana jelas strategi itu telah gagal untuk melandaikan lengkuk jangkitan Covid-19.

47,811 kes positif Covid-19 dengan 598 kematian akibat wabak itu direkodkan dalam tempoh tujuh hari pertama bulan Julai.

Sebelum darurat diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021, Malaysia merekodkan jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 sebanyak 135,992 kes dengan 551 kematian.

Terkini, Malaysia merekodkan jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 sebanyak 799,790 dengan 5,768 kematian. Ini bermakna terdapat peningkatan sebanyak 664,798 kes positif Covid-19 dan 5,219 kematian sejak darurat diisytiharkan enam bulan lalu.

Tidak dapat disangkal lagi, ini adalah pelaksanaan darurat paling gagal di dunia, di mana jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 meningkat enam kali ganda dalam tempoh enam bulan berbanding 12 bulan sebelumnya, malah jumlah jumlah kematian juga meningkat sebanyak 10 kali ganda berbanding tempoh yang sama.

Angka korban akibat Covid-19 terus melonjak di negara ini, dan sekiranya ini tidak diatasi, kita bakal menyaksikan angka korban melebihi paras 10,000 menjelang Hari Kebangsaan pada 31 Ogos dan bakal menyaksikan lebih 1.2 juta kes positif Covid-19 dengan lebih 11,000 kematian direkodkan di negara ini menjelang Hari Malaysia ke-58 pada 16 September 2021.

Pandemik Covid-19 mengancam bukan sahaja nyawa rakyat Malaysia, malah kestabilan ekonomi negara.

Situasi Covid-19 kian parah sejak “sekatan penuh” dilaksanakan lima minggu lalu. Kita harus segera keluar dari senarai negara-negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam menangani wabak ini kerana negara-negara yang berada dalam senarai itu sebelum ini telah menunjukkan bibit-bibit kejayaan dalam perang melawan Covid-19. Sebagai contoh Amerika Syarikat yang dilihat telah berjaya menurunkan kes jangkitan dan kematian harian Covid-19 masing-masing sebanyak 98% dan 99% dari kemuncak pada Januari lalu.

Negara ini memerlukan sebuah kerajaan gabungan yang terdiri daripada badan Eksekutif, Parlimen dan pelbagai lapisan masyarakat berlandaskan pendekatan dan strategi yang melibatkan “keseluruhan kerajaan” dan “keseluruhan masyarakat” bagi memenangi perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Perang melawan Covid-19 ini akan menjadi sebuah perang yang panjang. Pakar meramalkan bahawa pandemik ini akan berpanjangan sehingga dua atau tiga tahun sebelum kita dapat kembali semula ke era pra-pandemik.

Kita memerlukan sebuah kerajaan yang memberikan seluruh tumpuan kepada usaha untuk menang dalam perang melawan Covid-19.

Negara berdepan dengan senario politik baharu selepas Majlis Tertinggi UMNO semalam membuat keputusan untuk menarik balik dan menamatkan sokongan terhadap kerajaan Perikatan Nasional.

Amat malang, seluruh tenaga ini sepatutnya disalurkan untuk membina gabungan kebangsaan bagi memenangi perang melawan Covid-19 dan bukannya untuk melancarkan perang politik.

Pun begitu, kita terjerat dalam senario politik baharu di mana tiada pihak yang mempunyai sokongan majoriti ahli Parlimen dan kebuntuan ini memerlukan penyelesaian kreatif dan bijak berlandaskan gabungan kebangsaan untuk memenangi perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Ini boleh dilaksanakan menerusi pelbagai cara, termasuk:

1. Kerajaan hari ini dibenarkan untuk terus mentadbir tetapi terikat dengan konsensus untuk membentuk sebuah gabungan kebangsaan yang terdiri daripada badan Eksekutif, Parlimen dan pelbagai lapisan masyarakat untuk memenangkan perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

2. Sebuah kerajaan baharu yang terikat dengan konsensus untuk membentuk sebuah gabungan kebangsaan yang terdiri daripada badan Eksekutif, Parlimen dan pelbagai lapisan masyarakat untuk memenangkan perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

3. Kerajaan baru, dengan perwakilan dari semua parti yang diwakili di Parlimen, dengan satu objektif utama: untuk membentuk gabungan kebangsaan untuk memenangkan perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Sudah tiba masanya untuk rakyat Malaysia, berpandukan Perlembagaan Malaysia dan lima prinsip Rukun Negara, memikirkan cara untuk memenangkan perang melawan Covid-19, sebelum wabak ini terus menghancurkan ekonomi dan masyarakat Malaysia, selain meragut lebih banyak nyawa dan menyebabkan lebih ramai yang terkesan mengambil keputusan untuk membunuh diri.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Khamis, 8 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal163 – Political news grim and the Covid-19 news grimmer

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The political news is grim but the Covid-19 news is grimmer.

Following the UMNO Supreme Council decision on Wednesday night to immediately retract support to the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the Muhyiddin government tottered but did not fall yesterday.

The Attorney-General, Idrus Harun said that it was not clear that Muhyiddin had lost the confidence of a majority of MPs and that this must be determined by MPs and not through statements.

A top UMNO leader said UMNO’s withdrawal of support was targeted at Muhyiddin and not the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, although the UMNO President, Zahid Hamidi in his midnight media conference had listed seven major failings of the “Muhyiddin government” as the basis for the UMNO Supreme Council decision.

It is therefore quite surprising that a UMNO Vice President could say that Sabri Ismail, who was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister by Muhyiddin earlier on Wednesday, could be Acting Prime Minister if Muhyiddin resigned as Prime Minister considering Ismail’s prominent role in the failed war against the Covid-29 pandemic – apart from the shocking disregard of the constitutional fact that the whole Cabinet ceases to exist when the Prime Minister resigns.

The net result is paralysis of a kakistocratic government while the whole country is fighting a losing battle against the Covid-19 pandemic – six months after the declaration of emergency to combat Covid-19 pandemic, some six weeks after the “total lockdowns” and a month after the National Recovery Plan (NRP).

This is brought home yesterday by the worst news on the Covid-19 front – a record daily fatality of 135 Covid-19 deaths and the second-highest daily record of 8,868 new Covid-19 cases in the past 18 months!

Malaysia now ranks No. 34 among nations in the world with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases, having overtaken Hungary, Today, we are slated to overtake Japan to be ranked No. 33, when less than eight months ago, on Nov. 18, 2020, we were ranked No. 85 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases.

We are overtaking Japan a week earlier than I had expected in terms of cumulative total of Covid-19 cases.

As a worst-performing nation in the Covid-19 pandemic. Malaysia has overtaken both China and the United States – China, where the Covid-19 pandemic started and shot to 80,025 Covid-19 cases and 2,912 Covid-19 deaths by March 1, 2020 and was overtaken by the United States from March 2020 and has now a cumulative total of over 34.6 million Covid-19 cases and over 620,000 Covid-19 deaths.

Now Malaysia, with 808,658 cases and 5,903 deaths, has beaten China in cumulative total of Covid-19 cases and deaths. China, ranked No. 101, has 91,966 Covid-19 cases and 4,636 deaths.

For the past six months in the United States, daily increase of new Covid-19 cases have fallen by 70% and in the past five weeks, fallen by 95% of its peak of 304,978 cases in January 2021. Covid-19 deaths in the United States fell from its peak of 4,452 deaths in January to triple digit figures in the last three months and in the past seven days, record a rolling seven-day daily average of 142 deaths or a 97% reduction from the its peak in January.

In contrast, Malaysia is presently facing peak cases, peak hospitalisation and peak deaths.

Malaysia needs a new “all-of-government” and “whole-of-society” strategy and approach if we are to win in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, which poses an existential threat not only to the lives of Malaysians, but also to the Malaysian economy and nation.

The Malaysian ship is leaking, and all Malaysians should be on deck on fix the leak to ensure that the ship will not sink.

This is the magnitude of the Malaysian problem we face today.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 9th July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal163 — Berita-berita politik tampak suram, apatah lagi berita-berita berkaitan Covid-19

Berita-berita politik tampak suram, apatah lagi berita-berita berkaitan Covid-19.

Susulan keputusan Majlis Tertinggi UMNO pada lewat malam Rabu lalu untuk menarik balik sokongan terhadap Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkuat kuasa serta-merta, kerajaan Muhyiddin kini dilihat goyah tetapi masih tidak tumbang setakat semalam.

Peguam Negara, Idrus Harun berkata, tidak jelas sama ada Muhyiddin telah hilang sokongan majoriti Ahli Parlimen dan perkara ini harus ditentukan sendiri oleh Ahli Parlimen bukan menerusi kenyataan.

Pemimpin tertinggi UMNO berkata penarikan sokongan oleh UMNO itu menyasarkan Muhyiddin, bukan kerajaan Perikatan Nasional secara keseluruhan, meskipun Presiden UMNO, Zahid Hamidi dalam kenyataan media lewat malam Rabu telah menyenaraikan tujuh kegagalan terbesar “kerajaan Muhyiddin” yang menjadi sebagai asas kepada keputusan yang dibuat Majlis Tertinggi UMNO.

Justeru, amat mengejutkan apabila Naib Presiden UMNO berkata yang Ismail Sabri, yang dilantik sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri oleh Muhyiddin pada awal Rabu, boleh menjadi Perdana Menteri sementara jika Muhyiddin meletakkan jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri, mengambil kira peranan penting Ismail dalam perang melawan pandemik Covid-19 — apa yang lebih mengejutkan, kenyataan itu dibuat tanpa mempedulikan fakta perlembagaan bahawa Kabinet akan terbubar selepas Perdana Menteri meletak jawatan.

Hasilnya adalah kelumpuhan sebuah kerajaan kleptokratik di tengah-tengah negara sedang berperang melawan pandemik Covid-19 — enam bulan selepas Proklamasi Darurat dengan alasan untuk melawan pandemik Covid-19 diisytiharkan, enam minggu selepas pelaksanaan “sekatan penuh” dan selepas sebulan pengumuman Pelan Pemulihan Negara.

Ini dapat dilihat menerusi angka kes jangkitan dan kematian akibat Covid-19 yang dicatatkan semalam — sebanyak 135 kes kematian akibat wabak itu dicatatkan sementara sebanyak 8,878 kes positif Covid-19 dikesan, yang merupakan rekod kedua tertinggi pernah dicatatkan dalam tempoh 18 bulan lalu!

Malaysia kini berada di kedudukan 34 antara negara-negara di dunia dengan jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 tertinggi. Setelah memintas Hungary hari ini, kita diramal memintas Jepun untuk berada di kedudukan ke-33, kurang lapan bulan dari sekarang. Pada 18 November 2020, kita berada di kedudukan ke-85 antara negara negara-negara di dunia dengan jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 tertinggi.

Kita bakal memintas Jepun seminggu lebih awal daripada jangkaan saya.

Dalam kategori negara paling teruk menguruskan pandemik Covid-19, Malaysia telah memintas China dan Amerika Syarikat — China, di mana wabak itu mula-mula dikesan dengan 80,025 kes jangkitan dan 2,912 kematian direkodkan sehingga 1 Mac 2020 dan dipintas oleh Amerika Syarikat bermula 1 Mac 2020 dan negara barat itu kini mempunyai jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 sebanyak 34.6 juta dengan lebih 620,000 kematian.

Kini Malaysia, dengan 808,658 kes jangkitan dan 5,903 kematian, telah menewaskan China dalam kategori jumlah kumulatif kes jangkitan dan kematian akibat Covid-19. China berada di kedudukan ke-101, dengan 91,966 kes Covid-19 dan 4,635 kematian.

Sejak enam bulan lalu di Amerika Syarikat, kes harian yang dicatatkan telah menurun sebanyak 70% sejak lima minggu, menurun sebanyak 95% dari kemuncak 304,978 kes pada Januari 2021. Angka korban akibat Covid-19 di Amerika Syarikat menurun dari kemuncak 4,452 orang pada Januari kepada julat tiga angka dalam tempoh tiga minggu lalu dan dalam tempoh tujuh hari lalu, merekodkan purata 142 kes kematian harian atau 97 peratus penurunan dari kemuncak pada Januari.

Sebaliknya di Malaysia, kita sedang mengalami kemuncak kes jangkitan dan kematian baharu, ditambah dengan hospital yang padat dengan pesakit Covid-19.

Malaysia memerlukan sebuah strategi dan pendekatan baharu melibatkan “keseluruhan kerajaan” dan “keseluruhan masyarakat” jika kita mahu menang dalam perang melawan pandemik Covid-19, yang mengancam bukan sahaja kehidupan rakyat Malaysia, malah kestabilan ekonomi negara.

Bahtera Malaysia mula bocor, dan semua rakyat Malaysia harus bekerja keras untuk memperbaiki kebocoran ini bagi mengelakkan bahtera ini daripada terus karam ke lautan dalam.

Sebesar inilah masalah negara yang kita sedang hadapi sekarang.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat, 9 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal164 – Are we in the midst of a fifth wave?

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Malaysia has overtaken Japan two weeks before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics to be ranked No. 33 among nations in the world with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases.

By the present rate of Covid-19 infection, by the middle of the month, Malaysia will go another step down the slippery slope of a worst-performing nation in the Covid-19 pandemic and overtake Israel to be ranked No. 32.

We are likely to break the 900,000-mark before the 20th of the month and might break the million mark at the end of the month – a month before we celebrate our 58th anniversary of the National Day – as the Muhyiddin government is not only utterly helpless but too preoccupied with its political survival in the fast-deteriorating Covid-19 situation in Malaysia.

Malaysia is the undisputed champion in the world as it is the only country in the world which has the dubious record of falling over 50 rankings in the last eight months from its 85th position in November 2020 among the nations in the world with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases to the now 33rd ranking. By our 58th National Day on August 31, we will fall below the 30th ranking.

Before emergency was declared on January 11, 2021 to combat the new coronavirus, there were 551 deaths – the result of 12 months’ toll. But the toll for the first nine days of July – 653 deaths – is more than the total toll in the first 12 months of the Covd-19 pandemic. What type of an emergency is this?

Are we in the midst of a fifth Covid-19 wave in Malaysia?

The Health Minister said no.

In April, he said the fourth wave of Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia will not happen unless cases involving domestic or local transmission record zero in the current third wave before the number of cases increase sharply the next day.

It is regrettable that the Health Minister was more interested in his game of semantics than with the problem on the ground and the sufferings of the people caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 10th July , 2021)

#kerajaangagal164 — Adakah kita sedang berada dalam gelombang kelima?

Malaysia telah mengatasi kedudukan Jepun, dua minggu sebelum pembukaan temasya Sukan Olimpik Tokyo. Kita kini berada di tempat ke-33 tertinggi dari segi jumlah kes Covid-19 terkumpul.

Dengan kadar jangkitan semasa, menjelang pertengahan bulan ini, kita akan jatuh lagi dalam carta ini sebagai negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam mengendalikan wabak ini dan mengatasi kedudukan Israel di tempat ke-32.

Kita berkemungkinan akan melepasi paras 900,000 kes sebelum 20 haribulan dan mungkin akan memecahkan paras sejuta kes pada hujung bulan ini — sebulan sebelum kita menyambut Hari Kebangsaan ke-58 — memandangkan kerajaan Muhyiddin ini bukan sahaja tidak boleh diharap untuk mengawal penularan wabak ini, malah kini terlalu sibuk untuk memastikan kelangsungan politik mereka.

Malaysia sememangnya memegang gelaran juara sebagai satu-satunya negara di dunia yang telah jatuh lebih 50 anak tangga dalam tempoh lapan bulan yang lepas, daripada kedudukan ke-85 pada November 2020 kepada tempat ke-33. Menjelang sambutan Hari Kebangsaan ke-58 kelak, kita mungkin akan berada dalam kalangan 30 negara dengan jumlah kes terkumpul tertinggi di dunia.

Sebelum darurat diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 untuk melawan wabak koronavirus ini, terdapat sejumlah 551 kematian — jumlah terkumpul korban nyawa selama 12 bulan. Tetapi hanya untuk sembilan hari pertama bulan Julai, kita menyaksikan 653 kematian, jauh lebih tinggi berbanding dengan jumlah kematian dalam 12 bulan pertama tahun ini. Darurat jenis apakah ini?

Adakah kita sedang berada dalam gelombang kelima penularan Covid-19?

Menteri Kesihatan kata bukan.

Pada bulan April, beliau katakan yang gelombang keempat wabak Covid-19 tidak akan berlaku di Malaysia melainkan kes melibatkan jangkitan tempatan turun ke sifar dahulu sebelum jumlah kes ini naik mendadak.

Amat malang sekali apabila Menteri Kesihatan kita lebih berminat untuk bermain perkara semantik dan bukannya fokus kepada masalah yang dihadapi oleh rakyat akibat penularan wabak Covid-19 ini.

Iran telah mengisytiharkan supaya semua perniagaan tidak penting di Republik Islamik tersebut untuk ditutup di 275 buah bandar dan melarang perjalanan tidak penting kerana bimbang dengan kemungkinan gelombang kelima penularan Covid-19 di negara tersebut. Sementara itu di Sepanyol, gelombang kelima bermula pada 22 Jun semasa kadar jangkitan 14-hari berada pada paras terendah, 92 kes per 100,000 penduduk — tetapi tidak ada rujukan di kedua-dua negara ini, baik Iran mahupun Sepanyol, yang mengatakan mereka perlu mencatatkan sifar jangkitan sebelum gelombang penularan baharu boleh diisytiharkan.

Terdapat pakar perubatan yang percaya bahawa jumlah kes Covid-19 yang diisytiharkan setiap hari adalah jauh lebih rendah daripada jumlah kes sebenar dalam negara kerana kekurangan ujian saringan yang dijalankan di Malaysia — kita hanya menjalankan sepertiga daripada jumlah minimum saringan harian, yang sepatutnya dilakukan pada kadar kira-kira 200,000 ke 300,000 ujian saringan sehari. Kadar peratusan kes positif kita juga tinggi.

Kerajaan perlu merangka strategi dan pendekatan baharu untuk menggantikan strategi gagal sedia ada ini. Kerana inilah penting untuk Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri dipanggil bersidang semula.

Saya menyeru juga kepada kerajaan untuk secepat mungkin menubuhkan “food bank” di seluruh negara untuk membantu golongan yang memerlukan yang kini terjejas teruk akibat sekatan pergerakan dan wabak Covid-19.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Sabtu, 10 Julai 2021)

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#kerajaangagal165 –Malaysia is not  yet a failed state but in the trajectory to a failed state

The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhtyddin Yassin’s two recent initiatives have proved to be major flops.

On the eve of the  Conference of Rulers special meeting on June 16, he announced the National Recovery Plan for the Covid-19 pandemic but it proved to be  a big  failure.

On June 15, there were 5,419  new Covid-19 cases and 101 new Covid-19 deaths. Yesterday, there were  9,180 new Covid-19 cases and 77 new Covid-19 deaths.

In the seven days ending on June 15, there were 533  Covid-19 deaths. In the seven days ending yesterday, there  had been a 22% increase of fatalities to 649 new Covid-19 deaths.

This shows the enormity of the failure of the National Recovery Plan and why the NRP could not transition from Phase One to Phase Two on June 28 based on achieving the threshold of less than 4,000 cases.

Secondly, on Wednesday on  7th July 2021, Muhyiddin took pre-emptive action and appointed Ismail Sabri as Deputy Prime Minister and Hishamuddin Hussein as Senior Minister but this did not prevent the UMNO Supreme Council meeting the same night from immediately withdrawing support for Muhyiddin’s  Perikatan Nasional (PN) government over its failure in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

With UMNO withdrawing support for Mjuhydiddin’s PN government, he should honourably resign as Prime Minister, but he is hoping on getting enough support from recalcitrant UMNO MPs to remain as Prime Minister.

Will Muhyiddin be prepared to put his majority support in Parliament to the test and make it as the first item of parliamentary business when Parliament is reconvened, as Tun Hussein Onn did on January 27, 1976 when Tun Razak died in London and he took over as  the third Prime Minister of Malaysia?

Nobody believes that  Muhyiddin would dare to do so and everybody expect him to do his utmost to avoid a confidence test in Parliament when it is reconvened.

Yesterday, there was an article in the international media entitled “Malaysia is staggering down the road to failed statehood”.

Malaysia is not yet a failed state but it is on the trajectory to a failed state – and Muhyiddin’s avoidance of a  confidence  test when Parliament is reconvened is one hallmark  that Malaysia is on the trajectory to a failed state.

Malaysia has become one of the world’s  worst performing nations in the 18-month long  Covid-19 pandemic,  a “White Flag” country  with its citizens in despair and hopelessness at the “fifth wave” devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic, and a Prime Minster clinging on the power despite losing majority support of Members of Parliament.

Honour dictates no other course and Muhyiddin should honourably resign as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 10th July 2021)

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