Kerajaangagal90 — How many avoidable deaths will take place in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing said his younger brother Jantai Masing, 68, who died due to Covid-19 at the Kapit Hospital on May 31, just a day before the Dayaks in the state ushered in the Gawai celebration, would have a better chance to survive Covid-19 if he had been given the vaccine.

This is a question which is haunting Malaysians, regardless of race or religion – How many avoidable deaths will take place in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Malaysia has reached a stage where more people are dying of Covid-19 than in the United Kingdom.

In the month of May 2021, 1,495 people in Malaysia died of Covid-19, while in the United Kingdom, 265 people died of Covid-19.

In the first five days of June, 495 people in Malaysia died of Covid-19 while 54 died of Covid-19 in United Kingdom.

January was the blackest month for the United Kingdom, where 32.707 people died of Covid-19, but mass vaccination has changed the picture reducing the Covid-19 caseload as well as fatalities, to the extent UK is recording less daily increase of new Covid-19 cases and daily fatalities than Malaysia.

United Kingdom has turned the corner in the Covid-19 pandemic, but Malaysia is still waiting the for worst, with dire predictions that daily increase of new Covid-19 cases could increase to 13,000 cases a day by the middle of the month and that the total Covid-19 fatalities could reach 26,000 by September.

It is of the utmost importance and urgency that the national vaccination rollout in Malaysia must be accelerated.

There must be urgent review to ensure that the national vaccination rollout does not become the Malaysia’s Achilles’ heel in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

The Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine must re-strategise and ensure that the campaign highlights the common touches to bring the vaccine to the people instead of bringing the people to the vaccine.

This is particularly important for rural and remotes areas, although in urban areas, emphasis should be made to increase the vaccination centres which should be people-friendly and convenient.

There should be a national campaign involving all MPs, State Assembly persons, community leaders, village heads, heads of religious groups, corporate leaders, the business community, professional associations and even social influencers to play a key role to persuade Malaysians to register for the vaccination.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 6th June 2021)

#kerajaangagal90 — Berapa banyakkah kematian yang sepatutnya boleh dielakkan yang akan dicatatkan dalam negara kita sepanjang wabak Covid-19?

Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri James Jemut Masing, mengatakan yang adik beliau, Jantai Masing, 68, yang meninggal dunia akibat Covid-19 di Hospital Kapit pada 31 Mei — sehari sebelum penduduk Dayak di negeri tersebut menyambut perayaan Gawai — mungkin akan mempunyai peluang yang lebih cerah sekiranya beliau telah menerima vaksin.

Inilah persoalan yang menghantui rakyat Malaysia, tanpa mengira kaum atau agama — Berapa banyakkah kematian yang sepatutnya boleh dielakkan yang akan dicatatkan dalam negara kita sepanjang wabak Covid-19?

Malaysia telah sampai ke satu tahap di mana terdapat lebih ramai orang yang mati akibat Covid-19 berbanding dengan di United Kingdom.

Dalam bulan Mei 2021, 1,495 orang telah terkorban akibat Covid-19 di Malaysia, sementara di United Kingdom, hanya 265 orang yang terkorban akibat wabak ini.

Dalam lima hari pertama bulan Jun, 495 orang telah terkorban di Malaysia akibat wabak Covid-19, manakala hanya 54 orang terkorban di United Kingdom.

Januari adalah bulan terburuk untuk United Kingdom, di mana 32,707 orang telah terkorban akibat wabak ini. Namun, program vaksinasi besar-besaran telah mengubah keadaan di negara tersebut dengan mengurangkan jumlah kes dan juga kadar kematian, sehingga UK kini mencatatkan lebih sedikit peningkatan kes baharu harian dan kadar kematian harian berbanding dengan Malaysia.

United Kingdom telah beralih arah dalam berhadapan dengan wabak Covid-19, tetapi di Malaysia kita masih menunggu untuk yang terburuk, dengan jangkaan yang peningkatan harian mungkin akan mencecah sehingga 13,000 kes sehari menjelang pertengahan bulan ini dan dengan jumlah korban terkumpul sehingga 26,000 kes menjelang September.

Amatlah penting untuk pelaksanaan Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan disegerakan secepat mungkin.

Kita perlu menyemak semula strategi kita untuk memastikan program vaksinasi ini tidak menjadi titik kelemahan kita dalam perang melawan wabak Covid-19.

Jawatankuasa Khas Jaminan Akses Vaksin perlu merangka semula strateginya dan memastikan kempennya mendekati rakyat dengan membawa vaksin kepada rakyat dan bukannya sebaliknya.

Perkara ini teramatlah penting, terutamanya untuk kawasan luar bandar dan pedalaman, dan pada masa yang sama, di kawasan bandar, pusat vaksinasi perlulah diperbanyakkan dan dijadikan mesra rakyat dan mudah untuk dicapai.

Perlu ada satu kempen yang melibatkan semua Ahli-ahli Parlimen, Ahli-ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri, pemimpin komuniti, ketua kampung, pemimpin-pemimpin keagamaan, tokoh korporat, komuniti perniagaan, persatuan profesional, dan pemengaruh media sosial untuk memainkan peranan penting dalam menggalakkan rakyat Malaysia untuk mendaftar dan menerima vaksinasi.

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

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#kerajaangagal91 — Muhyiddin Cabinet should heed the signal from Pahang Istana that MPs and SAs have important role to play to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control and convene Parliament on August 1

The Muhyiddin Cabinet should heed the signal from the Pahang Istana that Members of Parliament and State Assembly persons have an Important role to play to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control.

It is the most powerful repudiation of the very self-serving view that Parliament should not be reconvened unless the country achieves herd immunity against Covid-19, especially in a situation where no one authority, whether the Prime Minister,

Muhyiddin Yassin or the Minister co-ordinating vaccines, Khairy Jamaluddin dare to make public their time-line for the country achieving herd immunity.

Khairy had said that the Covid-19 immunisation programme in Sarawak will be accelerated to ensure that the state is fully vaccinated by August before the next state election is called.

Would Khairy say that Sarawak would achieve herd immunity before August?

If so, the grief of Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing would be more palpable that his younger brother Jantai Masing, 68, who died due to Covid-19 at the Kapit Hospital on May 31, just a day before the Dayaks in the state ushered in the Gawai celebration, would not have died if he had been given the vaccine two months earlier.

If Sarawak can achieve herd immunity before August, what are the target dates for the other states to achieve herd immunity?

This is a question which is haunting Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or region — How many avoidable deaths will take place in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Malaysia has reached a stage where more people are dying of Covid-19 than in the United Kingdom. Yesterday, for instance, there were a daily increase of 5,765 new Covid-19 cases and 13 Covid-19 deaths in the United Kingdom compared to a daily increase of 7,452 new Covid-19 cases and 109 deaths in Malaysia.

Can the Muhyiddin government explain why daily increase of new Covid-19 cases have fallen from their respective peak by 55.8% globally, 72.4% in India, 96.2% in the United States, 91.5% in the United Kingdom, 92% in France and 94% in Italy, while in Malaysia, warnings are being made that we could reach a new peak of 13,000 new cases a day and a toll of 26,000 deaths by September?

In other countries could turn a corner in the Covid-19 pandemic, why not Malaysia?

Are we heading for a situation where there would be more daily deaths in Malaysia than in the United States, which had fallen from its peak of 4,462 deaths on January 12, 2021 to 388 deaths yesterday?

This would never have taken place if Parliament and the State Assemblies could play their important constitutional role of scrutiny and check-and-balance on the respective Executives.

Let the Prime Minister declare that Parliament will be convened on August 1 with two priorities – firstly, to restore public trust and confidence in the government handling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and secondly, to spearhead a national mobilisation of Malaysians through a genuine “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate the national vaccination rollout to complete it by September 16 on Malaysia Day.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 6th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal92 — Adham is up to another “warm water” gaffe when he compared Malaysia to UK on Covid-19 deaths when for the past week, Malaysia’s fatalities was 11 times that of UK

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The Health Minister, Dr. Adham Baba is up to another “warm water” gaffe when he compared Malaysia to UK on Covid-19 deaths, when for the past week Malaysia’s fatalities from Covid-19 was 11 times that of United Kingdom.

In Johor Baru yesterday, Adam said UK’s success in recording zero death from Covid-19 recently has given the Malaysian government confidence in the effectiveness of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

I do not know what Adham was talking about.

In the first place, from the past one week, UK has reduced daily Covid-19 fatalities to lower double-digit or single-digit figures, with one day with zero death, but Malaysia achieved a new record of daily fatalities with 126 deaths on 2nd June, as shown as follows:

Daily Covid-19 fatalities

Date

Malaysia

United Kingdom

31.5.2021

67

1

1.6.2021

71

0

2.6.2021

126

12

3.6.2021

103

18

4.6.2021

86

11

5.6.2021

109

13

6.6.2021

87

4

Total

649

59

As for vaccination, Malaysia is  far behind the United Kingdom.

More than 2.12 billion doses have been administered across 176 countries, at the latest rate of about 38.9 million doses a day.

The United Kingdom has administered about 68 million doses, but Malaysia has administered less than 3.5 million doses. As a result in United Kingdom, 41.4% of the population had been fully vaccinated and 60.4% of the populatio0n had been given one dose of the vaccine, as compared to Malaysia, where only 3.5% of the population had been vaccinated while 7.3% of the population had been given one dose of vaccine.

If we are to compare Malaysia with UK, two conditions must take place – firstly, the Covid-19 death rate in Malaysia must come down sharply and  secondly, the national vaccination rollout must be  greatly accelerated.

According to an article late last month, UK is expected to achieve herd immunity in two months while Malaysia will take 22 months to achieve herd immunity, where 75% of the population is vaccinated.

Would Adham state when Malaysia would achieve herd immunity, and give the time-line for each state as to when herd immunity would be achieved?

I had long proposed that we should accelerate and complete the national vaccination rollout by Malaysia Day on September 16, 2021.

Will Adham support  this Malaysia Day target for completion of the national vaccination rollout?

I had asked whether Malaysia is heading towards  a situation where there would  be more daily Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia than in the United States.

This is not an academic question, as the fatalities from Covid-19  had fallen from the United States peak of 4,462 deaths on January 12, 2021 to 158 deaths yesterday – a humongous drop of 96.5%!

Adham should ensure that this state of affairs do not materialise, where the daily number of Covid-19 deaths is more in Malaysia than in the United States, or this will his final infamy!

But Adham’s greatest  failure so far  is his inability to ensure that during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government can maintain public trust and confidence in its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and to mobilise Malaysians and spearhead a “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.?

What are the  concerns of Malaysians after  the 18-month Covid-19 pandemic?  Undoubtedly, it is the Covid-19 SOP flip-flops,  U-turns and  double standards.

This is an abysmal failure indeed!

Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 7th June 2021

#kerajaangagal92 — Adham Baba sekali lagi melakukan satu perkara yang memalukan apabila beliau membandingkan kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 di Malaysia dengan di UK, sedangkan kadar di Malaysia ini 11 kali ganda lebih tinggi berbanding kadar di UK

Menteri Kesihatan, Dr Adham Baba sekali lagi melakukan perkara yang memalukan apabila beliau membandingkan kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 di Malaysia dengan di United Kingdom, sedangkan kadar di Malaysia ini 11 kali ganda lebih tinggi berbanding kadar di UK.

Di Johor Baru semalam, Adham mengatakan yang kejayaan UK untuk mencatatkan sifar kematian akibat Covid-19 baru-baru ini telah memberikan kerajaan Malaysia keyakinan terhadap Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan.

Saya tidak pasti apa yang Adham sedang cuba sampaikan.

Pertamanya, dalam seminggu yang lepas, UK telah menurunkan kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 di negara itu ke julat dua angka rendah atau satu angka, dengan satu hari yang mencatatkan sifar kematian, sedangkan dalam masa yang sama, negara kita mencatatkan rekod baharu angka kematian tertinggi pada 2 Jun dengan 126 kematian. Angka-angka ini adalah seperti berikut:

Kadar Korban Harian Covid-19

Tarikh

Malaysia

United Kingdom

31.5.2021

67

1

1.6.2021

71

0

2.6.2021

126

12

3.6.2021

103

18

4.6.2021

86

11

5.6.2021

109

13

6.6.2021

87

4

Jumlah

649

59

Dari segi pemberian vaksin pula, Malaysia berada jauh di belakang United Kingdom.

Lebih daripada 2.12 bilion dos telah diedarkan di sekitar 176 buah negara, pada kadar kira-kira 38.9 juta dos sehari.

United Kingdom telah mengedarkan sekitar 68 juta dos vaksin, manakala Malaysia pula hanya mengedarkan 3.5 juta dos. Hasilnya, di United Kingdom, 41.4% populasi mereka telah menerima vaksinasi penuh, dan 60.4% populasi mereka telah menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu dos, sedangkan di Malaysia hanya 3.5% peratus populasi kita telah menerima vaksinasi lengkap dan 7.3% populasi telah menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu dos.

Sekiranya kita mahu membandingkan keadaan di UK dengan negara kita, dua perkara perlu berlaku dahulu — kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 perlu turun segera dan program imunisasi Covid-19 perlulah dipercepatkan dengan segera.

Menurut satu artikel yang diterbitkan pada hujung bulan lepas, UK dijangkakan akan mencapai imuniti kelompok dalam masa dua bulan lagi sedangkan Malaysia pula dijangkakan akan mengambil masa 22 bulan untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok, di mana 75% populasi telah menerima vaksinasi.

Bolehkah Adham menyatakan bilakah kita akan mencapai imuniti kelompok, dan memberikan jangka masanya untuk setiap negeri untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok ini.

Lama sudah saya cadangkan supaya program vaksinasi ini dipercepatkan supaya dapat dilengkapkan menjelang Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021.

Adakah Adham akan menyokong cadangan pelengkapan menjelang Hari Malaysia ini?

Saya telah tanya sebelum ini, adakah Malaysia sedang bergerak ke arah di mana terdapat lebih banyak kematian akibat Covid-19 di negara kita berbanding di Amerika Syarikat?

Persoalan ini bukanlah satu perkara mustahil untuk berlaku, memandangkan kadar kematian di Amerika Syarikat telah menurun daripada kemuncak 4,462 kematian pada 12 Januari 2021 kepada 158 kematian semalam — penurunan besar sebanyak 96.5%!

Adham perlu memastikan perkara ini — di mana kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 di Malaysia lebih tinggi daripada di Amerika Syarikat — tidak berlaku, atau pun ia akan selama-lamanya menjadi titik hitam terhadap maruahnya.

Namun, setakat ini, kegagalan terbesar Adham adalah dalam memastikan kerajaan dapat mengekalkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan rakyat kepada kerajaan untuk mengendalikan wabak Covid-19 ini dan untuk menggerakkan keseluruhan negara dalam memerangi wabak ini.

Apakah perkara yang masih dibimbangi rakyat selepas 18 bulan berhadapan dengan wabak ini? Semestinya ia adalah prosedur operasi standard (SOP) yang sering bertukar dan kucar-kacir, dan juga layanan berbeza yang diamalkan kerajaan.

Perkara ini memanglah satu kegagalan yang sangat teruk!

Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 7 Jun 2021

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#kerajaangagal93 — Half-way through  MCO 3.0 “total lockdown”, Covid-19 SOP confusion, flip-flops, U-turns and double standards still reign supreme

Half-way through the MCO 3.0 “total lockdown”, Covid-19 SOP confusion, flip-flops, U-turns and double standards still reign supreme.

DAP MP for Bangi and DAP Assistant Political Education Director, Ong Kian Ming today issued a statement on 20 issues which are confusing and unsure half-way through the “total lockdown”.

Kian Ming’s list of 20 confusing issues in the “total lockdown’” can be lengthened considerably.

For instance, it was reported today that the National Security Council (NSC) has asked the police not to fine 31 workers for not updating their health status on the MySejahtera app as only those who travelled abroad or came in close contact with a Covid-19 patient need to update their health status.

This was the result of the intervention of the DAP MP for Beruas, Ngeh Koo Ham, who said that the police had misinterpreted the standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Meanwhile, the “total lockdown” has also provided room for abuses of power as revealed in a press conference held by the DAP MP for Kepong, Lim Lip Eng, about three police personnel who had extorted two hawkers in Kepong.

I welcome the investigation by the Sentul district police chief ACP Beh Eng Lai.

These instances of abuse of power undermine public trust and confidence during the hard times imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

There is then the adverse public reaction against the attacks on World Health Organization (WHO) Science Council member Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman by the Minister for Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin, her political secretary and the Director-General of Bomba over her views that public sanitation efforts by the Housing and Local government were a waste of resources and that public funds should be better use — which showed that the government is still not grounded on science in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic after 18 long months.

These are among the reasons why Parliament and the various State Assemblies must meet to end the bumbling and bungling in government.

The Muhyiddin Cabinet should heed the signal from the Pahang Istana that Members of Parliament and State Assembly persons have an Important role to play to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control.

Muhyiddin should declare that Parliament will be convened on August 1 with two priorities — firstly, to restore public trust and confidence in the government handling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and secondly, to spearhead a national mobilisation of Malaysians through a genuine “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate the national vaccination rollout to complete it by September 16 on Malaysia Day.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, June 7, 2021)

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#kerajaangagal94 — Call on the Prime Minister to announce an amnesty for undocumented migrants to give priority to the war against Covid-19 pandemic and to accelerate the national vaccination rollout

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It is more than ten days since the announcement by the Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin contradicting the Minister co-ordinating vaccines, Khairy Jamaluddin, of operations against undocumented migrants for breach of the Covid-19 SOPs but the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had been very quiet on this important issue which could decide whether the national vaccination rollout would be a failure or whether Malaysia could achieve herd immunity against Covid and break the back of the problem of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Feb 16, Khairy said undocumented foreign nationals will not be arrested when they come forward for Covid-19 vaccinations, adding that this assurance was crucial in ensuring herd immunity was achieved.

He also said the government would work with various groups including employers, NGOs and foreign embassies to encourage foreign workers and refugees to register for the vaccine.

Confusion and uncertainty seemed to have become the hallmark of the Muhyiddin government with the right hand contradicting what the left hand is doing.

Muhyddin should come forward to end such chronic confusion and uncertainty in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, not only on the issue of undocumented migrant workers but also the preposterous idea by the Home Minister that Parliament would only convene when the country had achieved herd immunity against Covid-19.

The Home Minister should be asked whether he is seeking to ensure that Parliament would not be able to convene as Malaysia would never achieve herd immunity if the Home Ministry creates conditions driving the undocumented migrants into hiding instead of encouraging them to come forward for vaccination.

I call on Muhyddin to announce an amnesty for undocumented migrants, fully backed by all political parties and Parliament, to give priority to the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

This will also give the authorities an opportunity to consult all interested groups and to present to Parliament for approval a proper, enlightened and compassionate policy on migrant workers, who must not be regarded as criminals but as important assets for the development of the country.

I find Hamzah’s attitude rejecting calls for the representatives from the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR) to be granted access to immigration detention depots very strange and self-defeating.

How can Malaysia square its international commitments when on the one hand, Muhyiddin condemned the “lethal violence” of the Myanmar military against unarmed civilians while on the other, Hamzah opposes access to our immigration depots by UN organisations?

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

#kerajaangagal94 — Seruan kepada Perdana Menteri untuk mengumumkan pengampunan bagi pendatang tanpa dokumen demi memberi keutamaan kepada perang melawan wabak Covid-19 dan mempercepat program imunisasi kebangsaan

Sudah lebih dari sepuluh hari sejak pengumuman oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin bertentangan dengan pengumuman Menteri Penyelaras vaksin, Khairy Jamaluddin, berhubung operasi terhadap pendatang tanpa dokumen yang melanggar SOP Covid-19, namun Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin masih berdiam diri dalam isu penting ini yang mana boleh menjadi penentu kejayaan atau kegagalan program imunisasi kebangsaan atau adakah Malaysia dapat mencapai imuniti kelompok terhadap Covid-19 dan menamatkan masalah penularan wabak itu di negara ini.

Pada 16 Februari, Khairy berkata bahawa warga asing yang tidak mempunyai dokumen tidak akan ditangkap semasa diberikan vaksin Covid-19, sambil menambahkan bahawa jaminan ini sangat penting dalam memastikan imuniti kelompok tercapai.

Beliau juga berkata bahawa kerajaan akan bekerjasama dengan pelbagai kumpulan termasuk majikan, NGO dan kedutaan asing untuk mendorong pekerja asing dan pelarian untuk mendaftarkan diri menjadi penerima vaksin.

Kekeliruan dan ketidakpastian seumpama ini telah menjadi ciri utama kerajaan Muhyiddin di mana tangan kanan tidak tahu apa yang dilakukan oleh tangan kiri.

Muhyiddin harus tampil untuk mengakhiri kekeliruan dan ketidakpastian kronik dalam perang melawan pandemik Covid-19, bukan hanya mengenai isu pekerja migran tanpa dokumen tetapi juga idea tidak masuk akal oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri bahawa Parlimen hanya akan bersidang selepas negara mencapai imuniti kelompok terhadap Covid-19.

Menteri Dalam Negeri harus menjawab persoalan ini – adakah beliau sebenarnya tidak mahu Parlimen bersidang kerana Malaysia tidak akan mencapai imuniti kelompok jika Kementerian Dalam Negeri tidak mewujudkan suasana yang boleh mendorong para pendatang tanpa dokumen untuk tidak bersembunyi dan tampil secara sukarela untuk divaksin.

Saya menyeru Muhyiddin untuk mengumumkan pengampunan bagi migran tanpa dokumen, yang disokong sepenuhnya oleh semua parti politik dan Parlimen, untuk memberi keutamaan kepada perang melawan wabak Covid-19.

Ini juga akan memberi peluang kepada pihak berwajib untuk berunding dengan semua kumpulan yang berminat dan mengemukakan kepada Parlimen untuk persetujuan suatu dasar yang wajar, progresif dan penuh belas kasihan terhadap pekerja migran, yang tidak boleh dianggap sebagai penjenayah tetapi sebagai aset penting untuk pembangunan negara.

Saya dapati sikap Hamzah yang menolak seruan agar wakil dari Suruhanjaya Tinggi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu bagi Pelarian (UNHCR) diberi akses ke depot tahanan imigresen sangat pelik dan suatu pendirian yang membawa kepada kegagalan.

Bagaimana Malaysia dapat memenuhi komitmen antarabangsa ketika di satu pihak, Muhyiddin mengutuk keganasan tentera Myanmar terhadap orang awam yang tidak bersenjata sedangkan di sisi lain, Hamzah menentang akses wakil PBB ke depot imigresen kita?

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

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#kerajaangagal95 — Possibility that Malaysia may be barred from Tokyo Olympics should be final evidence that the emergency declared on January 11 which suspended Parliament and the State Assemblies had been a great failure in the war against Covid-19 pandemic and time for a new start

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New Straits Times Sports Section today carried a report: “Malaysia may be barred from Olympics” by Fabian Peter, which said that the Japanese government had asked the Olympics Games organising committee to consider denying entry for 10 countries, including Malaysia, which had experienced a surge in Covid cases recently.

The other countries on the possible “no entry list” are India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.

The Japanese cabinet, however, noted that if denying entry to athletes from these countries is not possible due to “management and preparation for the Games”, stricter measures will be imposed on them, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine for the Olympic contingents from the 10 countries.

The possibility that Malaysia may be barred from Tokyo Olympics should be final evidence that the emergency declared on January 11 which suspended Parliament and the State Assemblies have been great failures in the war against Covid-19 pandemic and time for a new start.

The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin and the bloated Cabinet should not continue kid themselves that the emergency and the suspension of Parliament had made any contribution in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, not to mention the state of confusion and uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 SOP flip-flops, U-turns and double standards, which are continuing even now.

I guess that the review of the Covid-19 pandemic in the world resulting in the letter of the Japanese government to Olympics Games organising committee had already been dated, as among the ten countries, only four countries including Malaysia are now continuing to face an upsurge of Covid-19 cases.

United Kingdom, for instance, is flattening the Covid-19 curve , and is reporting a daily increase of 5685 new Covid-19 cases on June 7, which is 91.6% drop from UK’s peak daily increase of 67,839 new Covid-19 cases on January 8, 2021.

Even India, despite still high in numbers, is on a downward slide registering 87,345 new Covid-19 cases on 7th June, a 79% drop from its peak of daily increase of 414,433 new Covid-19 cases on May 6 and more than halve its fatalities from 5,525 deaths on May 18 to 2,115 deaths on June 7.

Malaysia stands out as an exception among these 10 countries, with warnings of 13,000 new Covid cases a day and a death toll of 26,000 by September.

Under these circumstances, the political situation in Malaysia must respond bravely and creatively to restore public trust and confidence in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, if Malaysia is not to end up as the worst country in the world in the war against Covid-19 epidemic.

End the emergency and convene Parliament and the State Assemblies to spearhead a national mobilisation through a “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic — this should be a new start in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, 8th June 2021)

#kerajaangagal95 — Kemungkinan negara kita dihalang daripada menyertai Sukan olimpik Tokyo patut menjadi bukti terakhir bahawa darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari yang menggantung sidang Parlimen dan DUN adalah satu kegagalan besar dalam melawan wabak Covid-19 dan kita memerlukan satu permulaan baharu

Bahagian sukan akhbar New Straits Times hari ini membawa laporan yang bertajuk: “Malaysia mungkin akan disekat dari menyertai Olimpik” oleh Fabian peter, yang mengatakan yang Kerajaan Jepun telah meminta Jawatankuasa Penganjur Sukan Olimpik untuk mempertimbangkan menghalang kemasukan 10 negara, termasuklah Malaysia, yang telah mengalami peningkatan mendadak kes Covid-19 baru-baru ini.

Negara-negara lain dalam senarai yang mungkin dihalang menyertai Sukan Olimpik ini adalah India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Vietnam, dan United Kingdom.

Namun Kabinet Jepun mengatakan sekiranya menghalang kemasukan para atlet daripada negara-negara ini mustahil kerana sebab-sebab “pengurusan dan persediaan temasya Sukan” tersebut, langkah yang lebih ketat akan dikenakan ke atas mereka ini, termasuklah kuarantin wajib selama 14 hari untuk kontinjen Olimpik daripada 10 negara ini.

Kemungkinan negara kita dihalang daripada menyertai Sukan olimpik Tokyo patut menjadi bukti terakhir bahawa darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari yang menggantung sidang Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri adalah satu kegagalan besar dalam melawan wabak Covid-19 dan kita memerlukan satu permulaan baharu.

Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, dan juga Kabinet gergasi beliau perlu berhenti menipu diri sendiri dengan mengatakan yang darurat dan penggantungan sidang Parlimen telah menyumbang secara positif kepada usaha memerangi wabak Covid-19, tidak juga dilupakan segala kekeliruan dan ketidaktentuan yang berlaku akibat daripada SOP yang sering berubah dan layanan berbeza yang diamalkan oleh kerajaan yang masih berterusan sehingga sekarang.

Saya jangkakan yang semakan keadaan wabak Covid-19 yang membawa kepada surat daripada Kerajaan Jepun kepada Jawatankuasa Pengajur Sukan Olimpik ini telah pun ditetapkan, memandangkan daripada sepuluh negara tersebut, hanya empat negara, termasuk Malaysia, yang masih menyaksikan peningkatan kes Covid-19.

Sebagai contoh, United Kingdom kini sedang meratakan lekuk penularan Covid-19 dan melaporkan 5,685 kes baharu Covid-19 pada 7 Jun, yang merupakan penurunan 91.6% berbanding dengan kemuncak peningkatan kadar jangkitan harian negara tersebut pada 8 Januari 2021 dengan 67,839 kes.

Malah India juga, walaupun mencatatkan jumlah kes yang masih tinggi, sedang menunjukkan trend penurunan jumlah kes baharu, dengan mencatatkan 87,345 kes pada 7 Jun, penurunan 79% berbanding dengan kemuncak 414,433 kes pada 6 Mei dan mengurangkan kadar kematian dengan lebih daripada separuh kepada 2,115 pada 7 Jun berbanding dengan 5,525 kematian pada 18 Mei.

Malaysia kini menonjol ke hadapan dalam kalangan 10 negara ini, dengan amaran kemungkinan berhadapan dengan 13,000 kes sehari dan 26,000 kematian terkumpul menjelang September.

Dengan keadaan seperti ini, keadaan politik di Malaysia perlulah memberikan respons yang berani dan kreatif untuk mengembalikan keyakinan dan kepercayaan rakyat dalam mengendalikan wabak Covid-19, sekiranya kita tidak mahu menjadi negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam mengendalikan wabak ini.

Tamatkan darurat dan panggil semula sidang Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri untuk menggerakkan usaha mobilisasi kebangsaan dengan pendekatan dan strategi yang melibatkan “keseluruhan masyarakat” dalam memerangi Covid-19 — perkara ini patut dijadikan permulaan baharu dalam memerangi wabak ini.

(Kenyataan Media (2) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Selasa, 8 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal96 — what is the use of the bloated Cabinet meeting every Wednesday when it does not have the political will or courage to take critical decisions affecting good governance and upholding the rule of law?

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The Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong has said that he will present the report on the collision between two Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains on May 24 at the cabinet meeting today.

Wee said he is satisfied with the report prepared by a nine-member investigation committee, headed by Transport Ministry secretary-general Isham Ishak.

He said: “It was indeed professionally done, comprehensive in its details, and completed within the 14-day period given to them.”

The more important question is whether the report and its recommendations will be made public after the Cabinet meeting.

What is the use of the bloated Cabinet meeting every Wednesday when it does not have the political will or courage to take critical decisions affecting good governance and upholding the rule of law, as in making public the report on the worst collision of two LRT trains on the underground stretch between the KLCC and Kg Baru stations on May 24, 2021, leaving 166 passengers with minor injuries and 47 others needing hospital treatment?

In fact, the Cabinet had never been so irrelevant and inconsequential in the history of Malaysia than in the last five months of the emergency.

If Cabinet still play an important role in Malaysia , it must deal courageously with at least ten important issues:

Make public the report on the collision between two LRT trains on May 24, 2021;

Explain why Malaysia has become one of the worst performing nations in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic to the extent that the Japanese government had included Malaysia as one of the 10 countries which it wanted the Olympics Games organising committee to consider denying entry for its participants because of a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Reiterate topmost priority should be given to the Covid-19 pandemic and the national vaccination rollout to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 in Malaysia and overrule the Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin who wanted to launch raids and arrests of undocumented migrant which will drive them into hiding and refuse to co-operate with the national vaccination rollout.

Announce an amnesty for all undocumented migrants to secure their trust and confidence to co-operate with the national vaccination rollout to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 in Malaysia.

End the Covid-19 SOP flip-flops, U-turns, double-standards and frequent Ministerial dogfights whether Ismail-Amin or Hamzah-Khairy which have continued to undermine public trust and confidence in the government handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Announce the time-line for each state to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 and to accelerate and complete the national vaccination roll-out by Malaysia Day on September 16, 2021.

Instruct the Home Affairs Minister to hold a public inquiry into every custodial death whether in police or prison custody, especially the cases of lorry-driver Umar Faruq Abdullah @ Hermananthan, security guard S. Sivabalan, A. Ganapathy and Surendran Shanker who died after being held at the Simpang Rengam prison.

Respond positively to the call by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) and National Union of Journalists (NUJM) alarmed by the frequent use of harassment tactics by the government towards the media.

End the emergency declared on January 11, 2021 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, as the emergency is not the solution to the Covid-19 pandemic but an aggravating factor in worsening the deficit in public trust and confidence in the government handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Convene Parliament immediately to firstly restore public trust and confidence in the government handling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and secondly, to spearhead a national mobilisation of Malaysians through a genuine “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and to accelerate the national vaccination rollout.

How many of these 10 items would the Cabinet dare to commit today?

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

#kerajaangagal96 — Apa gunanya ada mesyuarat Kabinet setiap minggu jika ia tidak membawa kepada kemahuan politik atau keberanian untuk mengambil keputusan penting untuk memastikan terdapat tadbir urus yang baik dan untuk menegakkan kedaulatan undang-undang?

Menteri Pengangkutan Wee Ka Siong berkata bahawa beliau akan menyampaikan laporan mengenai insiden perlanggaran dua tren Transit Aliran Ringan (LRT) pada 24 Mei pada mesyuarat kabinet hari ini.

Wee berkata beliau berpuas hati dengan laporan yang disiapkan oleh sembilan anggota jawatankuasa siasatan, yang diketuai oleh Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Pengangkutan Isham Ishak.

Beliau berkata: “Ia dibuat secara profesional, menyeluruh dengan perinciannya serta diselesaikan dalam tempoh 14 hari yang diberikan

Persoalan yang lebih penting ialah sama ada laporan dan cadangannya itu akan didedahkan kepada umum selepas mesyuarat Kabinet.

Apa gunanya ada mesyuarat Kabinet setiap minggu jika ia tidak membawa kepada kemahuan politik atau keberanian untuk mengambil keputusan penting untuk memastikan terdapat tadbir urus yang baik dan untuk menegakkan kedaulatan undang-undang? Sebagai contoh; dengan mendedahkan laporan berhubung insiden pelanggaran dua tren Transit Aliran Ringan (LRT) di laluan bawah tanah antara stesen KLCC dan Kg Baru pada 24 Mei 2021, yang mengakibatkan 166 penumpang cedera ringan dan 47 yang lain memerlukan rawatan di hospital?

Kabinet dilihat tidak berfungsi dan tidak memainkan peranannya sejak darurat diisytiharkan lima bulan lalu.

Sekiranya Kabinet masih memainkan peranan penting di Malaysia, maka ia mesti berani menangani sekurang-kurangnya sepuluh masalah penting di bawah:

Membentangkan laporan mengenai insiden pelanggaran transit aliran ringan (LRT) pada 24 Mei 2021 kepada pihak awam;

Jelaskan mengapa Malaysia menjadi salah satu negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam menangani pandemik Covid-19 sehinggakan kerajaan Jepun meminta Jawatankuasa Penganjur Sukan Olimpik mempertimbangkan untuk menghalang penyertaan Malaysia dalam kejohanan dunia tersebut ekoran lonjakan kes Covid-19 di negara ini.

Mengulangi komitmen terhadap usaha menangani pandemik Covid-19 dan mempercepat program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok di Malaysia serta menolak pendirian Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin yang ingin melancarkan operasi serbuan dan penangkapan ke atas migran tanpa dokumen yang akan mendorong mereka untuk bersembunyi dan enggan bekerjasama dalam program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan.

Mengumumkan pengampunan bagi semua pendatang tanpa dokumen bagi mendapatkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan mereka untuk bekerjasama dalam program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan supaya imuniti kelompok dapat dicapai secepat mungkin.

Mengakhiri pengumuman SOP Covid-19 yang bersifat kucar-kacir dan mengelirukan, serta amalan layanan berbeza kerajaan, selain menghentikan pertelingkahan antara menteri sama ada antara Ismail dan Azmin atau Hamzah dan Khairy yang akan terus melunturkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap usaha kerajaan menangani wabak Covid-19.

Mengumumkan jangka masa bagi setiap negeri untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok terhadap Covid-19 dan mempercepat serta menyelesaikan program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan menjelang Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021.

Mengarahkan Menteri Dalam Negeri untuk mengadakan siasatan awam mengenai setiap kematian dalam tahanan sama ada dalam tahanan polis atau penjara, terutamanya kes pemandu lori Umar Faruq Abdullah @ Hermananthan, pengawal keselamatan S. Sivabalan, A. Ganapathy dan Surendran Shanker yang meninggal dunia setelah ditahan di penjara Simpang Renggam.

Menerima baik gesaan Pusat Kewartawanan Bebas (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) dan Kesatuan Wartawan Nasional (NUJM) yang bimbang dengan penggunaan taktik gangguan yang sering dilakukan oleh kerajaan terhadap media.

Akhiri darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 untuk memerangi pandemik Covid-19, kerana darurat bukanlah penyelesaian untuk wabak Covid-19 tetapi faktor yang memburukkan lagi defisit kepercayaan dan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap cara kerajaan menangani wabak Covid-19.

Memanggil sidang Parlimen dengan kadar segera untuk memulihkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap cara kerajaan menangani perang melawan pandemik Covid-19 dan kedua, untuk menggerakkan usaha mobilisasi kebangsaan dengan pendekatan dan strategi yang melibatkan “keseluruhan masyarakat” dalam memerangi Covid-19 selain mempercepat program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan.

Berapa banyak daripada 10 perkara ini yang berani dilakukan oleh Kabinet hari ini?

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

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#kerajaangagal97 — Learn from China and the United States on how to bring vaccine to the people rather than bring people to the vaccine to accelerate and complete the Malaysian national vaccination rollout by Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021

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Malaysia must learn from China and the United States on how to accelerate and complete the national vaccination rollout by Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021 by bringing vaccine to the people rather than people to the vaccine.

The Minister co-ordinating vaccines Khairy Jamaluddin has said that Malaysia breached its target of administering 150,000 daily Covid-19 vaccinations yesterday, comprising 105,722 for first doses and the remaining 45,587 receiving their second doses.

This is commendable but the national vaccination rollout is still too slow and tardy as only 3.5% of the population had been fully vaccinated and 7.7% of the population given one dose three-and-a-half months after the launch of the national immunization campaign in Malaysia.

Malaysia must learn from China and the United States on how to accelerate and complete the national vaccination rollout by Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, 2021.

In China, almost 800 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine had been administered for

China’s 1.4 billion population at the present daily rate of some 19 million doses administered a day.

Around the world, about 2.2 billion doses had been given, which means that China’s 800 million doses represent more than a third of the global shots.

China’s vaccination programme got off to a slow start but has picked up pace, and China is now inoculating people more than six times as fast as the United States did at its mid-April peak.

In Beijing, almost 80% of those age 18 and over have received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, bringing the Chinese capital close to the coveted goal of achieving herd immunity — but this is no surety that one is safe, as under the Covid-19 pandemic, no one is safe unless all are safe.

In the United States, President Biden has declared June a “national month of action” on the coronavirus pandemic, urging Americans to get vaccinated and emphasizing the proven safety of the shots.

Biden has set a goal of getting at least one shot into the arms of 70 per cent of the country’s adults by July Fourth.

As part of this effort, the White House unveiled an array of incentives, including free food delivery, baseball tickets, Xboxes and chances to win cruise tickets, groceries for a year and free airline tickets.

In China, different cities and institutions have also deployed different tactics including freebies to encourage vaccination.

The National Immunisation Programme (NIP) should be brave and creative to encourage maximum vaccination, as United Kingdom, which has one of the world’s highest vaccination rates, is a good example where its Covid-19 deaths have dropped to zero one day last week and to one new death case yesterday.

The NIP should create and invent news ways and methods in line with the principle to bring vaccine to the people rather than to bring the people to the vaccine to ensure the highest rate of vaccination against the coronavirus.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 9th June 2021)

#kerajaangagal97 — Belajar daripada China dan Amerika Syarikat tentang bagaimana untuk membawa vaksin kepada rakyat dan bukannya membawa rakyat kepada vaksin, untuk mempercepatkan pelaksanaan program imunisasi kebangsaaan menjelang sambutan Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021

Malaysia perlu belajar daripada China dan Amerika Syarikat tentang bagaimana untuk membawa vaksin kepada rakyat dan bukannya membawa rakyat kepada vaksin, untuk mempercepatkan pelaksanaan program imunisasi kebangsaaan menjelang sambutan Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021.

Menteri Koordinasi Vaksin Khairy Jamaluddin telah mengatakan yang Malaysia telah melepasi sasaran mengedarkan 150,000 dos vaksin semalam, dengan 105,722 dos pertama dan 45,587 dos kedua diberikan semalam.

Perkara ini patut dipuji, tetapi kadar vaksinasi kita masih terlalu perlahan memandangkan hanya 3.5% populasi kita telah menerima vaksinasi penuh manakala hanya 7.7% populasi telah menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu dos, selepas tiga bulan setengah program vaksinasi kita bermula.

Kita perlu belajar daripada Amerika Syarikat dan China tentang bagaimana kita dapat mempercepatkan program vaksinasi ini supaya ia dapat dilengkapkan menjelang sambutan Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021.

Di China, hampir 800 juta dos vaksin Covid-19 telah diedarkan kepada populasi negara tersebut yang berjumlah 1.4 bilion orang, pada kadar 19 juta dos sehari.

Di seluruh dunia, kira-kira 2.2 bilion dos telah diedarkan, ini bermakna, 800 juta dos di China ini merangkumi kira-kira sepertiga jumlah dos yang telah diedarkan di seluruh dunia.

Program vaksinasi di China bermula perlahan tetapi kini telah memecut pantas dan China kini sedang mengedarkan vaksin pada kadar enam kali ganda lebih laju berbanding dengan Amerika Syarikat pada pertengahan bulan April.

Di Beijing, hampir 80% mereka yang berusia 18 tahun dan ke atas telah menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu dos vaksin Covid-19, membawa ibu negara China tersebut semakin dekat dengan imuniti kelompok — tetapi perkara ini bukanlah jaminan keselamatan kepada semua orang kerana dengan wabak ini, tidak ada sesiapa pun yang selamat melainkan semua orang selamat daripadanya.

Di Amerika Syarikat, Presiden Biden telah mengisytiharkan bulan Jun sebagai “bulan tindakan kebangsaan” ke atas wabak koronavirus ini, menggesa rakyat Amerika untuk pergi mendapatkan suntikan vaksin dan menekankan keselamatan suntikan ini.

Biden telah menetapkan sasaran untuk memastikan sekurang-kurangnya 70 peratus populasi dewasa di AS telah menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu suntikan menjelang 4 Julai.

Sebagai sebahagian daripada usaha ini, Rumah Putih telah mengumumkan pelbagai bentuk insentif, termasuklah penghantaran makanan secara percuma, tiket sukan bola keranjang, peranti permainan Xbox, dan peluang untuk memenangi tiket pelayaran, bekalan barang runcit selama setahun, dan tiket penerbangan percuma.

Di China, pelbagai bandar dan institusi juga telah menggunakan pelbagai cara, termasuklah memberikan saguhati untuk menggalakkan vaksinasi.

Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan (PICK) patut bersifat berani dan kreatif untuk menggalakkan penerimaan vaksinasi seluas mungkin. Kita dapat lihat United Kingdom, yang mempunyai kadar vaksinasi tertinggi di dunia, sebagai satu contoh baik di mana kadar kematian akibat wabak Covid-19 telah turun kepada sifar pada satu hari di minggu lepas, dan negara tersebut hanya mencatatkan satu kematian semalam.

PICK patut mencipta cara baharu yang selari dengan prinsip membawa vaksin kepada rakyat, dan bukannya menyuruh rakyat mencari vaksin, untuk memastikan kita dapat menyaksikan kadar vaksinasi yang tinggi terhadap koronavirus ini.

(Kenyataan Media (2) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu, 9 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal100 — why the bloated Muhyiddin Cabinet is the most irrelevant and inconsequential in Malaysian history?

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In his apologia yesterday for the failed kakistocratic Muhyiddin government, the principal private secretary to the Prime Minister, Marzuki Mohamad, tried to explain why the National Operations Council (NOC), as proposed by some quarters, is not suitable in Malaysia’s current fight against Covid-19 and its efforts to revive the economy.

He claimed that there is at present “a working and functioning Cabinet” which convenes every Wednesday and many decisions are made not only related to the Covid-19 pandemic, but also in regards to the country’s administration, economic management, people’s welfare, finance, security, defence, education, international relations and other matters related to the overall governing of the country.

Yesterday, I had asked what was the use of the bloated Cabinet meeting every Wednesday when it did not have the political will or courage to take critical decisions affecting good governance and upholding the rule of law, and I had listed ten decisions which awaited urgent Cabinet decision yesterday.

Did the Cabinet take any decision on anyone of them?

The ten items were:

Make public the report on the collision between two LRT trains on the underground stretch between the KLCC and Kg Baru stations on May 24, 2021, leaving 166 passengers with minor injuries and 47 others needing hospital treatment?

Explain why Malaysia has become one of the worst performing nations in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic;

Reiterate topmost priority should be given to the Covid-19 pandemic and the national vaccination rollout to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 in Malaysia and overrule the Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin who wanted to launch raids and arrests of undocumented migrant which will drive them into hiding and refuse to co-operate with the national vaccination rollout.

Announce an amnesty for all undocumented migrants to secure their trust and confidence to co-operate with the national vaccination rollout to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 in Malaysia.

End the Covid-19 SOP flip-flops, U-turns, double-standards and frequent Ministerial dogfights whether Ismail-Amin or Hamzah-Khairy which have continued to undermine public trust and confidence in the government handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Announce the time-line for each state to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 and to accelerate and complete the national vaccination roll-out by Malaysia Day on September 16, 2021.

Instruct the Home Affairs Minister to hold a public inquiry into every custodial death whether in police or prison custody, especially the cases of lorry-driver Umar Faruq Abdullah @ Hermananthan, security guard S. Sivabalan, A. Ganapathy and Surendran Shanker who died after being held at the Simpang Rengam prison.

Respond positively to the call by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) and National Union of Journalists (NUJM) alarmed by the frequent use of harassment tactics by the government towards the media.

End the emergency declared on January 11, 2021 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, as the emergency is not the solution to the Covid-19 pandemic but an aggravating factor in worsening the deficit in public trust and confidence in the government handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Convene Parliament immediately to firstly restore public trust and confidence in the government handling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and secondly, to spearhead a national mobilisation of Malaysians through a genuine “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and to accelerate the national vaccination rollout.

Will the Cabinet or respective Ministries respond or will this be another confirmation that the bloated Cabinet is the most irrelevant and inconsequential in Malaysian history?

(Media Statement (3) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday,10th June 2021)

#kerajaangagal100 — mengapa Kabinet Gergasi Muhyiddin adalah Kabinet yang paling tidak relevan dan tidak penting dalam sejarah Malaysia?

Dalam satu kenyataan yang mempertahankan kerajaan kleptokratik Muhyiddin, Ketua Setiausaha Sulit kepada Perdana Menteri, Marzuki Mohamad, cuba menjelaskan mengapa penubuhan Majlis Gerakan Negara (Mageran) seperti yang dicadangkan oleh beberapa pihak, tidak sesuai untuk dilaksanakan ketika Malaysia sedang berjuang menentang Covid-19 dan berusaha memulihkan ekonomi.

Beliau mendakwa bahawa ketika ini, Kabinet yang bersidang setiap hari Rabu “sedang berfungsi” dan membuat banyak keputusan bukan sahaja mengenai wabak Covid-19, tetapi juga mengenai pentadbiran negara, pengurusan ekonomi, kebajikan rakyat, kewangan, keselamatan, pertahanan, pendidikan, hubungan antarabangsa dan lain-lain perkara yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan dan pentadbiran negara secara keseluruhannya.

Semalam, saya bertanya apa gunanya ada mesyuarat Kabinet setiap minggu jika ia tidak membawa kepada kemahuan politik atau keberanian untuk mengambil keputusan penting untuk memastikan terdapat tadbir urus yang baik dan untuk menegakkan kedaulatan undang-undang, selain menyenaraikan sepuluh masalah penting yang memerlukan tindakan segera Kabinet.

Adakah Kabinet telah bertindak menyelesaikan masalah-masalah tersebut?

10 perkara tersebut adalah seperti berikut:

Membentangkan laporan mengenai insiden pelanggaran transit aliran ringan (LRT) pada 24 Mei 2021 kepada pihak awam;

Jelaskan mengapa Malaysia menjadi salah satu negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam menangani wabak Covid-19 sehinggakan kerajaan Jepun meminta Jawatankuasa Penganjur Sukan Olimpik mempertimbangkan untuk menghalang penyertaan Malaysia dalam kejohanan dunia tersebut ekoran lonjakan kes Covid-19 di negara ini.

Mengulangi komitmen terhadap usaha menangani wabak Covid-19 dan mempercepat program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok di Malaysia serta menolak pendirian Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin yang ingin melancarkan operasi serbuan dan penangkapan ke atas migran tanpa dokumen yang akan mendorong mereka untuk bersembunyi dan enggan bekerjasama dalam program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan.

Mengumumkan pengampunan bagi semua pendatang tanpa dokumen bagi mendapatkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan mereka untuk bekerjasama dalam program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan supaya imuniti kelompok dapat dicapai secepat mungkin.

Mengakhiri pengumuman SOP Covid-19 yang bersifat kucar-kacir dan mengelirukan, serta amalan layanan berbeza kerajaan, selain menghentikan pertelingkahan antara menteri sama ada antara Ismail dan Azmin atau Hamzah dan Khairy yang akan terus melunturkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap usaha kerajaan menangani wabak Covid-19.

Mengumumkan jangka masa bagi setiap negeri untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok terhadap Covid-19 dan mempercepat serta menyelesaikan program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan menjelang Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021.

Mengarahkan Menteri Dalam Negeri untuk mengadakan siasatan awam mengenai setiap kematian dalam tahanan sama ada dalam tahanan polis atau penjara, terutamanya kes pemandu lori Umar Faruq Abdullah @ Hermananthan, pengawal keselamatan S. Sivabalan, A. Ganapathy dan Surendran Shanker yang meninggal dunia setelah ditahan di penjara Simpang Renggam.

Menerima baik gesaan Pusat Kewartawanan Bebas (CIJ), Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm) dan Kesatuan Wartawan Nasional (NUJM) yang bimbang dengan penggunaan taktik gangguan yang sering dilakukan oleh kerajaan terhadap media.

Akhiri darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 untuk memerangi wabak Covid-19, kerana darurat bukanlah penyelesaian untuk wabak Covid-19 tetapi faktor yang memburukkan lagi defisit kepercayaan dan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap cara kerajaan menangani wabak Covid-19.

Memanggil sidang Parlimen dengan kadar segera untuk memulihkan kepercayaan dan keyakinan masyarakat terhadap cara kerajaan menangani perang melawan wabak Covid-19 dan kedua, untuk menggerakkan usaha mobilisasi kebangsaan dengan pendekatan dan strategi yang melibatkan “keseluruhan masyarakat” dalam memerangi Covid-19 selain mempercepat program imunisasi Covid-19 kebangsaan.

Adakah Kabinet atau Kementerian berkaitan akan memberikan maklum balas kepada masalah-masalah ini atau adakah ini akan menjadi satu lagi bukti bahawa Kabinet Muhyiddin sememangnya adalah Kabinet yang paling tidak relevan dan tidak penting dalam sejarah Malaysia?

(Kenyataan Media (3) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Khamis, 20 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal98 — Support for the convening of special Conference of Rulers on June 16 on Covid-19 pandemic as the worsening of the Covid-19 situation in Malaysia must be the concern of all Malaysians including the royalty

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The convening of a special Conference of Rulers on June 16 on the Covid-19 pandemic initiated by the Yang di Pertuan Agong deserves the support of all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or politics, as the worsening Covid-19 situation in Malaysia must be the concern of all, including the royalty.

In the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, all will agree that the worst countries in handling the Covid-19 pandemic were the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Brazil and Mexico.

But if Malaysians are asked after five months of the emergency declared on January 11, 2021 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic what are the worst countries in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, they would think of Malaysia and India.

United States, Untied Kingdom, Italy, France and Spain have turned a corner and they could see light at the end of the tunnel.

United States, the worst state in 2020, with a cumulative total of 34.25 million cases, which saw a peak daily increase of 305,044 Covid-19 cases on January 8, 2021 and peak daily increase of 4,464 deaths on January 12, have fallen by 95.5% to 13,742 cases and by 91.2% to 392 deaths on June 8, 2021.

United Kingdom has also undergone a sharp drop in daily increase of new cases and deaths — falling 91% from the peak daily increase of 67,839 new cases on January 8, 2021 to 6,049 new cases on June 8, 2021 and falling by 99.3% from the peak daily increase of 1,823 deaths on January 20 to 13 deaths on June 8, 2021.

Italy, France and Spain have also seen a sharp drop in the region of 90% in daily increase of new Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths.

Even India is seeing a sharp drop in daily cases and deaths — falling from peak daily increase of 414,433 new Covid-19 cases on May 6 to 87,345 cases on June 8 (a sharp drop of 79%) and peak daily increase of 4,525 Covid-19 deaths on May 18 to 2213 deaths on June 8 (another sharp drop of 51.1%).

Malaysia however is surging ahead, setting a new record for daily increase of new Covid-19 cases (9,020 cases on 29th May) and daily increase of new Covid-19 deaths (126 deaths on 2nd June) — with warning that Malaysia could see 13,000 cases daily by mid-June and a toll of 26,000 deaths by September.

The world’s worst pandemic leaders last year would be United States President

Donald Trump, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopex Obrador of Mexico.

This year, Donald Trump is no more, but the list would be joined by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

Two further indications of Malaysia becoming the “sick man” in Asia are:

Malaysia was ranked No. 85 on Nov. 18, 2020 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases, but nearly seven months later, the country is ranked No. 39 — a jump of 46 places. Malaysia will be ranked No. 38 in a week’s time, overtaking Austria.

Malaysia is among the top ten countries with the most cases per million of population for the rolling average covering two weeks from 24th May to 6th June. The top ten countries are:

Bahrain 2,307.1

Uruguay 1,580.8

Colombia 725.7

Suriname 627.3

Chile 558.2

Kuwait 458.6

Mongolia 440.8

Malaysia 354.3

Oman 316.2

Namibia 244.9

Every loyal and patriotic Malaysian should be concerned about the worsening Covid-19 situation in Malaysia, when many countries with worse records in the past in the Covid-19 pandemic are turning a corner.

We have lost 3,536 lives to Covid-19 — how many of them are avoidable deaths if we had a better handling of the Covid-19 pandemic?’

This is why the Special Rulers’ Conference on the Covid-19 pandemic is most commendable and should be supported by all Malaysians.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 20th June 2021)

#kerajaangagal98 — Menyokong Persidangan Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu yang akan bermesyuarat pada 16 Jun mengenai keadaan semasa Covid-19 kerana situasi penularan Covid-19 di Malaysia yang kian memburuk perlu mendapat perhatian semua rakyat Malaysia termasuk Raja-raja Melayu

Mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja Melayu yang akan diadakan pada 16 Jun bagi membincangkan keadaan semasa wabak Covid-19 yang dianjur oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong wajar mendapat sokongan semua rakyat Malaysia, tanpa mengira bangsa, agama atau politik, kerana keadaan Covid-19 yang semakin buruk di Malaysia semestinya memerlukan keprihatinan kita semua, termasuk Raja-raja Melayu.

Pada tahun pertama wabak Covid-19 mengganas, kita semua bersetuju bahawa negara-negara terburuk dalam menangani wabak Covid-19 adalah Amerika Syarikat, United Kingdom, Itali, Perancis, Sepanyol, Brazil dan Mexico.

Tetapi jika rakyat Malaysia ditanya selepas lima bulan darurat diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 untuk memerangi wabak Covid-19 tentang negara manakah yang mempunyai prestasi terburuk dalam menangani wabak Covid-19, mereka akan memikirkan Malaysia dan India.

Amerika Syarikat, United Kingdom, Itali, Perancis dan Sepanyol kini menunjukkan tanda-tanda akan pulih daripada gelombang wabak berkenaan.

Amerika Syarikat, negara yang paling teruk dilanda Covid-19 pada 2020, dengan jumlah kumulatif sebanyak 34.25 juta kes, yang menyaksikan peningkatan harian tertinggi sebanyak 305,044 kes pada 8 Januari 2021 dan puncak peningkatan kes kematian harian sebanyak 4,464 pada 12 Januari, telah menurun sebanyak 95.5% kepada 13,742 kes dan sebanyak 91.2% kepada 392 kematian pada 8 Jun 2021.

United Kingdom juga mengalami penurunan mendadak dalam peningkatan kes dan kematian baru setiap hari — menurun 91% dari kenaikan harian tertinggi 67,839 kes pada 8 Januari 2021 kepada 6,049 kes baru pada 8 Jun 2021 dan menurun sebanyak 99.3% dari puncak peningkatan harian sebanyak 1,823 kematian pada 20 Januari kepada 13 kematian pada 8 Jun 2021.

Itali, Perancis dan Sepanyol juga menyaksikan penurunan mendadak sekitar 90% dalam peningkatan kes baharu harian Covid-19 dan kematian akibat virus itu.

Malah India menyaksikan penurunan mendadak dalam kes dan kematian harian — jatuh dari puncak peningkatan kes harian sebanyak 414,433 kes pada 6 Mei kepada 87,345 kes pada 8 Jun (penurunan mendadak 79%) dan puncak peningkatan kes kematian harian sebanyak 4,525 pada 18 Mei kepada 2,213 kes kematian pada 8 Jun (penurunan ketara sebanyak 51.1%).

Malaysia bagaimanapun mencatatkan lonjakan kes, menetapkan rekod baru untuk peningkatan kes baharu harian Covid-19 (9,020 kes pada 29 Mei) dan peningkatan kes kematian baharu harian Covid-19 (126 kematian pada 2 Jun) — dengan amaran bahawa Malaysia diramal bakal mnecapai 13,000 kes setiap hari pada pertengahan Jun dan jumlah kematian 26,000 menjelang September.

Pemimpin paling buruk dalam menangani wabak Covid-19 tahun lalu adalah Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Donald Trump, Presiden Brazil Jair Bolsonaro dan Presiden Mexico Andres Manuel Lopex Obrador.

Tahun ini, Donald Trump sudah terkeluar dari senarai itu, dan digantikan dengan Perdana Menteri India Narendra Modi dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin.

Dua petunjuk mengapa Malaysia adalah negara terburuk di Asia:

Malaysia berada di kedudukan ke-85 pada 18 November 2020 antara negara-negara dengan jumlah kes Covid-19 tertinggi, namun kedudukan itu merosot tujuh bulan kemudian, negara kita kini berada di kedudukan ke-39 – naik 46 tangga. Malaysia dijangka akan berada di kedudukan ke-38 dalam tempoh seminggu untuk mengatasi Austria.

Malaysia adalah antara sepuluh negara teratas dengan jumlah kes per sejuta penduduk tertinggi selama dua minggu dari 24 Mei hingga 6 Jun. Sepuluh negara teratas adalah:

Bahrain 2,307.1

Uruguay 1,580.8

Colombia 725.7

Suriname 627.3

Chile 558.2

Kuwait 458.6

Mongolia 440.8

Malaysia 354.3

Oman 316.2

Namibia 244.9

Setiap rakyat Malaysia yang setia dan patriotik harus prihatin dengan keadaan Covid-19 yang semakin buruk di Malaysia, ketika banyak negara yang sebelum ini teruk dilanda wabak itu kini menunjukkan tanda-tanda pulih.

Kita telah kehilangan 3,536 nyawa akibat Covid-19 — berapa banyak daripadanya adalah kematian yang dapat dielakkan sekiranya kita dapat menangani wabak Covid-19 dengan lebih baik?

Inilah sebabnya mengapa mesyuarat Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu yang akan diadakan bagi membincangkan situasi wabak Covid-19 di negara ini adalah suatu tindakan terpuji dan harus disokong oleh semua rakyat Malaysia.

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Khamis, 20 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal99 — Two statements by Marzuki and Hadi yesterday have added salt to a very intriguing evolving political situation in Malaysia

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Two statements by the Marzuki Mohamad and Hadi Awang yesterday have added salt to a very intriguing evolving political situation in Malaysia.

In the first statement Marzuki, the principal private secretary to the Prime Minister, said the National Operations Council (NOC), as proposed by some quarters, is not suitable in Malaysia’s current fight against Covid-19 and its efforts to revive the economy.

He said the proposal could become a step backwards and inhibit all efforts that have been put in place to tackle the ongoing health and economic crisis.

He said that some have proposed to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to set up the National Operations Council (NOC) which had fully governed the country following the proclamation of an emergency in 1969.

Two things must be noted. Firstly, this is not the statement of the principal private secretary to the Prime Minister but that of the Prime Minister himself.

Nobody would imagine that the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary would emerge publicly to make such a statement if he had not been instructed by the Prime Minister to do so.

Secondly, is the Prime Minister using his principal private secretary to convey his reservations about the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s meeting with the leaders of the various political parties and even the special Conference of Rulers on June 16 on the Covid-19 pandemic?

Why can’t the Prime Minister make these points himself and has to make use of his principal private secretary?

But Marzuki, on behalf of Muhyiddin, had omitted three important points:

Firstly, the emergency that was declared on January 11, 2021 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic had been an utter failure.

In the five months of the emergency from January 11, 2021, the cumulative total of

Covid-19 cases have increased 3.7 times from the 135,992 cases on January 10, 2021 to the present 633,891 cases — when it has taken 12 months in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic to total 135,992 cases.

Total Covid-19 deaths during the five months of the emergency had increased at a greater pace by 5.5 times from 551 deaths on January 10, 2021 to the present 3,611 deaths, when it had taken 12 months in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic to total 551 deaths.

If this is not a failure, then the word has no meaning whatsoever.

By any measure, Malaysia has failed miserably and become the “sick man of Asia” in the last five months of the emergency in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysia was ranked No. 85 on Nov. 18, 2020 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases, but nearly seven months later, the country is ranked No. 39 — a jump of 46 places. Malaysia will be ranked No. 38 in a week’s time, overtaking Austria.

Malaysia is also the top eighth country in the world with the most cases per million of population for the rolling average covering two weeks from 24th May to 6th June.

According to the Bloomberg vaccine tracker, more than 2.23 billion doses of vaccines had been administered across 178 countries, with the latest rate of about 35.1 million doses day.

Malaysia’s national immunisation programme is still too slow and tardy, as after four-and-a-half months of the national vaccination rollout, only 3.6% of the population had been fully vaccinated while 8% of the population given one dose of the vaccine.

Secondly, it is the emergency which had unconstitutionally suspended Parliament which had caused the dismal failure in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, as it had removed the constitutional role of parliamentary “check-and-balance” of the executive to ensure that there is good governance, government efficiency and effectiveness.

This, in turn, had created an unprecedented deficit of public trust and confidence in the government handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the reason why the government has not been able to launch a “whole-of-society” national mobilisation against the Covid-19 pandemic 18 months after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thirdly, as questioned by DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng and UMNO Supreme Council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi, who is calling for NOC?

Guan Eng said no Pakatan Harapan party nor any political party for that matter had suggested the formation of a Mageran-type government.

This made the statement by the PAS President, Hadi Awang. who called for action against “plotters” against the Perikatan Nasional government particularly intriguing as it raised two questions:

Why Hadi didn’t call for action against “plotters” responsible for the Sheraton Move conspiracy which toppled the democratically-elected and legitimate Pakatan Harapan government after 22 months and which ushered in a backdoor, undemocratic and illegitimate PN government; and

Whether Hadi is looking for “plotters” among the royalty?

May be Malaysians can hope for clarity in the evolving political situation in the next few days?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 20th June 2012)

#kerajaangagal99 — Dua kenyataan daripada Marzuki dan Hadi semalam hanya merancakkan lagi situasi politik semasa yang sedang berkembang pesat

Dua kenyataan daripada Marzuki Mohamad dan Hadi Awang semalam hanya merancakkan lagi situasi politik semasa yang sedang berkembang pesat dalam negara kita.

Dalam kenyataan pertama, Marzuki, Ketua Setiausaha Sulit Perdana Menteri, telah mengatakan yang Majlis Gerakan Negara (MAGERAN), yang dicadangkan oleh sesetengah pihak adalah tidak sesuai untuk usaha melawan wabak Covid-19 dan memulihkan semula ekonomi.

Beliau berkata yang cadangan itu akan menjadi satu langkah ke belakang dan membantutkan segala usaha yang telah diletakkan untuk mengendalikan krisis kesihatan awam dan krisis ekonomi yang kita sedang hadapi.

Beliau berkata, ada yang telah mencadangkan kepada Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di Pertuan Agong untuk membentukan MAGERAN, yang sebelum ini dibentuk untuk mentadbir negara selepas perisytiharan darurat pada tahun 1969.

Dua perkara perlu ditekankan. Pertamanya, ini bukanlah satu kenyataan daripada ketua setiausaha sulit Perdana Menteri, tetapi daripada Perdana Menteri sendiri.

Tidak masuk akal untuk seorang ketua setiausaha sulit kepada Perdana Menteri untuk muncul di khalayak awam dan mengeluarkan satu kenyataan sebegitu melainkan beliau telah diarahkan untuk berbuat demikian oleh Perdana Menteri.

Kedua, adakah Perdana Menteri sedang menggunakan ketua setiausaha sulit beliau untuk menyampaikan bantahan beliau mengenai perjumpaan baginda dengan para pemimpin pelbagai parti-parti politik dan Persidangan Khas Majlis Raja-raja Melayu pada 16 Jun mengenai wabak Covid-19 ini?

Mengapakah Perdana Menteri tidak menzahirkan perkara ini sendiri, sebaliknya menggunakan ketua setiausaha sulit beliau?

Tetapi Marzuki, semasa bercakap bagi pihak Muhyiddin, telah meninggalkan tiga perkara penting:

Pertamanya, darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 untuk melawan wabak Covid-19 telah menjadi satu kegagalan besar.

Dalam tempoh lima bulan sejak darurat diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021, jumlah kes Covid-19 terkumpul di negara kita meningkat 3.7 kali ganda, daripada 135,992 kes pada 10 Januari kepada 633,891 kes setakat ini — sedangkan sebelum itu kita mengambil masa 12 bulan untuk mengumpulkan 135,992 kes.

Jumlah korban terkumpul dalam tempoh yang sama ini juga telah meningkat 5.5 kali ganda, daripada 551 kematian pada 10 Januari 2021 kepada 3,611 kematian setakat hari ini, sedangkan kita dalam tahun pertama berhadapan dengan wabak ini, kita hanya mencatatkan 551 kematian.

Sekiranya perkara ini semua bukan satu kegagalan, maka perkara “gagal” itu tidak mempunyai apa-apa makna lagi.

Dari apa-apa ukuran sekalipun, negara kita telah gagal teruk dalam tempoh lima bulan yang lepas dalam mengawal penularan wabak Covid-19 dan kini menjadi “orang tua sakit Asia”.

Malaysia berada di tempat ke-85 dari segi jumlah kes terkumpul tertinggi di seluruh dunia pada 18 November 2020, hampir tujuh bulan kemudian, negara kita berada di tempat ke-39 — melonjak 46 anak tangga. Kita bakal berada di tempat ke-38 dalam masa seminggu lagi, mengambil kedudukan Austria.

Malaysia juga merupakan negara di tempat kelapan di seluruh dunia dengan jumlah purata bergerak kes per sejuta penduduk untuk tempoh dua minggu daripada 24 Mei sehingga 6 Jun.

Menurut penjejak vaksinasi Bloomberg, lebih daripada 2.23 bilion dos vaksin telah diedarkan di sekitar 178 buah negara di seluruh dunia, dengan kadar pengedaran terkini berada pada kadar 35.1 juta dos sehari.

Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan kita masih lagi bergerak pada kadar yang terlalu perlahan, memandangkan selepas empat bulan setengah bermulanya program ini, hanya 3.6% populasi kita telah menerima vaksinasi penuh manakala 8% telah menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu dos.

Keduanya, penggantungan sidang Parlimen secara tidak sah dari segi Perlembagaan akibat darurat inilah yang menyebabkan kegagalan negara kita dalam perang melawan wabak Covid-19, kerana perkara ini telah membuang peranan berperlembagaan Parlimen untuk menyemak imbang tindak tanduk pihak Eksekutif untuk memastikan adanya tadbir urus yang baik, efisyen, dan berkesan.

Perkara ini kemudiannya menyebabkan defisit kepercayaan dan keyakinan rakyat dalam kebolehan kerajaan untuk mengendalikan wabak Covid-19 ini, langsung menjadi sebab mengapa kerajaan gagal untuk melancarkan perang melawan wabak Covid-19 dengan cara yang melibatkan “keseluruhan masyarakat” selepas 18 bulan kita mula berhadapan dengan wabak ini.

Ketiga, seperti yang dipersoalkan oleh Setiausaha Agung DAP, Lim Guan Eng, dan Ahli Majlis Tertinggi UMNO, Mohd Puad Zarkashi, siapa yang menggesa penubuhan MAGERAN?

Guan Eng telah mengatakan bahawa tidak ada mana-mana parti Pakatan Harapan, atau mana-mana parti politik pun yang telah mencadangkan penubuhan kerajaan yang berasaskan MAGERAN.

Perkara ini menimbulkan lebih banyak persoalan dengan kenyataan Presiden PAS, Hadi Awang, yang menyeru supaya tindakan diambil terhadap mereka yang “berkomplot” melawan kerajaan Perikatan Nasional:

Mengapa Hadi tidak menyeru supaya tindakan diambil terhadap mereka yang “berkomplot” dan bertanggungjawab terhadap konspirasi Langkah Sheraton yang telah menumbangkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan yang diundi secara demokratik dan sah selepas 22 bulan dan kemudiannya membawa masuk kerajaan pintu belakang PN yang tidak sah dan tidak demokratik; dan

Adakah Hadi mencari mereka yang “berkomplot” dalam kalangan kerabat?

Mungkin rakyat Malaysia boleh berharap untuk mendapatkan lebih banyak penjelasan mengenai situasi politik dalam negara kita dalam beberapa hari yang akan datang?

(Kenyataan Media (2) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Khamis, 20 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal101 – the series of #kerajaangagal hashtag media statements will end when Parliament is convened

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When I started on the #kerajaangagal hashtag media statements on Sunday, 18th April 2021, I had no idea how many such statements I would be writing.

But I found no difficulty whatsoever in writing  #kerajaangagal media statements, sometimes two or even three a day, as examples of a failed and kakistocratic administration, especially in  the mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic,  were aplenty.

In less than eight weeks, I  had chalked up 100 #kerajaangagal media statements yesterday.

Should I continue?

I would end the series of #kerajaangagal media statements  when Parliament is convened, when Parliament can play its important check-and-balance role of the Executive to ensure that there is good governance, an efficient and effective government and the rule of law as intended by the founders of the nation and as  entrenched in the Malaysian Constitution.

I cannot understand how intelligent and even brilliant minds can bring themselves to say that the present government under Muhyiddin Yassin had done relatively well in mitigating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, when anyone following the 100 #kerajaangagal media statements would have found evidence galore that by whatever  measure, whether cumulative total of Covid-19 cases or Covid-19 cases per million of population, Malaysia had failed in the last 18 months to successfully handle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Is it any wonder that Malaysia had dropped 19 rungs from No. 16 in the January 2021 Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking  to No. 35 in the May 2021 Bloomberg Covid Resilience  Ranking, and looks set to descend to an even lower ranking in the June 2021 Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking?

Lets  take yesterday’s global Covid-19 data. World-wide there has been a daily drop of 52.1% of new Covid-19 cases while  the reduction of Covid-19 cases is even more dramatic  in  countries which were previously regarded  as the worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic: United States  (down 95.2%), United Kingdom (89.1%), India (78%), France  (94.6%). Italy (95%) and Spain (86.5%) from their respective peak daily increase of new Covid-19 cases.

But Malaysia is buckling this downward trend. In the last 23 days since May 19, 2021  there were 20 days when we exceeded the peak of daily increase of new Covid-19 cases set on January 30, 2021, when  5,728 new cases were recorded  – establishing a new peak of 9,020 new Covid-19 cases on  May 29, 2021.

Malaysia have been warned that  the new peak of daily increase of new Covid-19 cases could be in the region of 13,000 cases.

So far, 3,684 people have died of Covid-19 in Malaysia –  3,133 deaths during the five months of the emergency since January 11, 2021 as compared to 551 deaths in the first 12 months of the Covid-19 pandemic before the emergency.

How many avoidable deaths will Malaysia have to face before the end of the

Covid-19 pandemic, especially as  the usage of beds at intensive care units (ICU) in Malaysia is in a critical state?

Yesterday, we have 73 Covid-19 deaths as compared to seven deaths in the United Kingdom, which at one time had 1,823 deaths on January 20, 2021.

I am therefore  utterly shocked that intelligent and brilliant minds can see redeeming aspects in the government mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

But I fully agree that the country’s focus must be to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, which includes a massive and accelerated vaccination programme,  and all Malaysians and political parties must unite on this common agenda.

The convening of Parliament is the first step to ensure that Malaysia recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and to  save the country  from ending up as a kakistocracy.

I started the series of #kerajaangagal media statements with the call on the Health Minister, Adham Baba to stop his game of semantics and to focus on checking the rise in the daily increase of Covid-19 cases and bring it down to double-digit figures or resign! But my advice fell on deaf ears.

Adham had  said that 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.

I had noted that  a  strong case could be made that Malaysia would have been spared the second and third waves of the Covid-19 pandemic (let alone the fourth wave) if the Sheraton Move conspiracy had not toppled the legitimate, competent and democratic Pakatan Harapan Government at the end of February 2020.

On the occasion of having issued 100 #kerajaangagal media statements, it is apt to return to Adham Baba.

Adham Baba’s appointment to the WHO executive board is not something which caused Malaysians to be overjoyed but one that created a lot of trepidation among Malaysians as he is prone to gaffes like his “warm water” fiasco.

Recently, the Health Ministry even denied a news report which had cited Adham Baba as  saying the full movement control order (MCO) nationwide may be extended for another 14 days, as the seven-day average of Covid-19 cases is still high, with more than 5,00 cases reported a day which exceeded  the Health Ministry’s target of  a seven-day average below 4,000 cases,  saying that this was “fake”.

Will the MCO 3.0 be extended on June 14?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, June 11, 2021)

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#kerajaangagal101 — Siri kenyataan media #kerajaangagal akan berakhir apabila Parlimen bersidang semula

Semasa saya memulakan siri kenyataan media #kerajaangagal pada hari Ahad, 18 April 2021, saya tidak tahu berapa banyak kenyataan yang akan saya tulis.

Pun begitu, saya tidak berhadapan dengan sebarang kesukaran untuk menulis kenyataan media #kerajaangagal ini, kadang-kadang sehingga dua atau tiga kenyataan sehari, menyentuh mengenai pentadbiran yang gagal dan kakistokratik, terutama dalam cara menangani wabak Covid-19.

Dalam masa kurang dari lapan minggu, saya telah menulis 100 kenyataan media #kerajaangagal semalam.

Patutkah saya teruskan?

Saya akan menamatkan siri kenyataan media #kerajaangagal apabila Parlimen bersidang semula, selepas Parlimen dapat memainkan peranan semak dan imbang terhadap kuasa Eksekutif untuk memastikan tadbir urus yang baik, yang efisien dan efektif serta mengangkat kedaulatan undang-undang sebagaimana yang dimaksudkan tokoh-tokoh awal negara dan seperti yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Malaysia.

Saya tidak dapat mencerna bagaimana akal yang cerdas dan pintar boleh mengatakan bahawa kerajaan Muhyiddin Yassin telah melakukan yang terbaik dalam mengurangkan kesan wabak Covid-19, sedangkan jika sesiapa mengikuti 100 kenyataan #kerajaangagal akan tentu menemui bukti yang melimpah ruah tentang kegagalan kerajaan Muhyiddin dalam menangani penularan Covid-19 di negara ini sejak 18 bulan lalu, tidak kira dalam kategori jumlah kumulatif kes Covid-19 atau jumlah kes Covid-19 per sejuta penduduk.

Itu juga menjadi sebab mengapa Malaysia telah turun 19 anak tangga dari tangga ke-16 pada Januari 2021 ke tangga ke-35 pada Mei 2021 dalam senarai Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking, dan nampaknya akan jatuh ke kedudukan yang lebih rendah pada bulan Jun 2021.

Jika kita rujuk data global Covid-19 semalam, terdapat penurunan sebanyak 52.1% dalam kes baharu harian Covid-19 di seluruh dunia, sementara kes Covid-19 menurun dengan ketara di negara-negara yang sebelumnya dianggap sebagai negara dengan prestasi terburuk dalam wabak Covid-19: Amerika Syarikat (turun 95.2%), England (89.1%), India (78%), Perancis (94.6%), Itali (95%) dan Sepanyol (86.5%) dari puncak kes harian Covid-19.

Pun begitu, Malaysia dilihat menongkah arus trend dunia. Dalam 23 hari terakhir sejak 19 Mei 2021, terdapat 20 hari di mana kita merekodkan puncak peningkatan kes baharu harian Covid-19 melebihi puncak kes yang direkodkan pada 30 Januari 2021, iaitu sebanyak 5,728 kes – sekaligus mewujudkan puncak baru dengan 9,020 kes Covid-19 pada 29 Mei 2021.

Malaysia telah diberi amaran bahawa peningkatan kes baharu harian Covid-19 boleh mencecah sekitar 13,000 kes.

Setakat ini, 3,684 orang telah terkorban akibat Covid-19 di Malaysia – 3,133 kematian dalam tempoh lima bulan darurat dilaksanakan bermula 11 Januari 2021 berbanding dengan 551 kematian dalam 12 bulan pertama sebelum pengisytiharan darurat.

Berapa banyak kematian yang boleh dielakkan akan berlaku sebelum wabak Covid-19 berakhir, lebih-lebih lagi melihat kepada penggunaan katil di unit rawatan rapi (ICU) di Malaysia yang kini berada pada tahap kritikal?

Semalam, kita merekodkan 73 kematian akibat Covid-19 yang mana lebih tinggi berbanding di United Kingdom yang mencatatkan tujuh angka korban akibat wabak itu – perlu diingatkan bahawa negara tersebut pernah mencatatkan angka korban seramai 1,823 orang pada 20 Januari 2021.

Justeru itu, saya berasa amat terkejut apabila ada individu dengan minda yang cerdas dan pintar tidak dapat melihat kegagalan teruk kerajaan hari ini dalam menguruskan penularan wabak Covid-19.

Tetapi saya bersetuju sepenuhnya bahawa tumpuan negara sekarang adalah untuk memulihkan negara ini daripada bahana wabak Covid-19, menerusi usaha mempercepatkan program imunisasi, yang mana memerlukan sokongan semua rakyat Malaysia dan parti politik bagi menjayakan agenda bersama ini.

Memanggil sidang Parlimen adalah langkah pertama untuk memastikan Malaysia cepat pulih daripada penularan wabak Covid-19 dan menyelamatkan negara daripada terjerumus ke lembah kakistokrasi.

Saya memulakan siri kenyataan media #kerajaangagal dengan menyeru Menteri Kesihatan, Adham Baba, agar berhenti memainkan hujah semantik dan sebaliknya fokus terhadap angka kadar kenaikan harian Covid-19 untuk memastikan angka ini turun ke julat dua angka, jika tidak, beliau patut letak jawatan! Namun nasihat saya ini tidak diendahkan, ibarat mencurah air ke daun keladi.

Adham berkata yang gelombang keempat Covid-19 di Malaysia tidak akan berlaku melainkan sekiranya kes domestik dan jangkitan tempatan turun ke kadar sifar dalam gelombang ketiga semasa sebelum kadar ini kemudiannya meningkat mendadak.

Saya berhujah bahawa Malaysia mungkin akan berhadapan dengan nasib yang lebih baik dan terlepas daripada gelombang kedua dan ketiga wabak Covid-19 ini (apatah lagi gelombang keempat) sekiranya Langkah Sheraton tidak menumbangkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan yang sah, berkebolehan, dan demokratik pada hujung Februari 2020.

Sebagai meraikan siri kenyataan media #kerajaangagal yang ke-100, adalah molek untuk saya kembali melihat prestasi Adham Baba.

Pelantikan Adham Baba sebagai Ahli Pengarah Lembaga Eksekutif (EB) Pertubuhan Kesihatan Dunia (WHO) bukanlah sesuatu yang boleh dibanggakan, sebaliknya menimbulkan banyak keraguan di kalangan rakyat Malaysia ekoran kenyataan “air suam” yang dikeluarkannya sebelum ini.

Malah baru-baru ini, Kementerian Kesihatan  menafikan laporan berita yang memetik Adham Baba sebagai berkata bahawa perintah kawalan pergerakan (PKP) penuh di seluruh negara mungkin dilanjutkan selama 14 hari lagi berikutan kes masih melebihi 5,000 sehari yang mana melebihi nilai ambang yang disasarkan iaitu purata 4,000 kes ke bawah dalam tempoh tujuh hari, sambil menyifatkannya sebagai “palsu”.

Adakah PKP 3.0 akan disambung lagi selepas 14 Jun?

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat, 11 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal102 – Muhyiddin must make clear whether Hamzah’s bizarre idea that Parliament can only meet when herd immunity against coronavirus is achieved represents government policy

Clearly, the Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin has not given up his bizarre idea that Parliament will only sit after the country has achieved herd immunity against Covid-19 virus.

Today, he poured cold water on a proposal to set up a hybrid Parliament during the emergency and publicly humiliated not only the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parlaiment), Taikiyyuddin Hassan, who announced the proposal for a hybrid Parliament, but also the Dewan Rakyat speaker, Dewan Negara president, the  Dewan Negara deputy president, both deputy speakers of the Dewan Rakyat, and Parliament’s chief administrator who are  currently studying the proposal.

Hamzah  reiterated his call that those who want Parliament to re-open should wait until herd immunity is achieved.

He also  questioned how Parliament’s standing orders could be amended to accommodate a hybrid setup in a matter of weeks when it would require months.

As this is a serious matter which concerns the oath of office of the Yang di Pertuan Agong,   Ministers, Members of Parliament and all Parliamenary officers   to “preserve, protect and defend” the Federal Constitution, the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should make clear whether Hamzah’s bizarre idea that Parliament can only meet when herd immunity against the coronavirus is achieved represents government policy or not.

If not, the reason for Hamzah’s rude and cavalier behaviour.

Or have we reached a position where the Prime Minister cannot exercise discipline over his Ministers?

If Hamzah is to have his way, then Malaysia will be the first country in the world where its Parliament can only meet when the country achieves herd immunity against Covid-19.

This runs counter to all international practices, whether Congress in the United States, House of Commons in UK,  the Lok Sabha in India or the Diet in Japan, as no Parliament in the world subject its proceedings to the question whether herd immunity against Covid-19 had been achieved in the country!

What will be the position if Malaysia cannot achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus, especially with his plan to crackdown on undocumented  migrant workers in Malaysia.

Will  Parliament then to be suspended indefinitely?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on  Friday, June 11, 2021)

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