#kerajaangagal114 – Were MPs given priority for vaccination not  to enable them to  perform their constitutional role of check-and-balance of the  Executive to ensure good governance but to provide the  excuse for Ministers and Deputy Ministers  to be vaccinated?

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Under the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s National Recovery Plan, Parliament is scheduled  to meet in  September or October when the country enters Phase Three of the government’s Covid-19 exit plan, when there is an average of less than 2,000 Covid-19 cases daily, sufficient ICU capacity and up to 40 percent of the population fully vaccinated.

Two questions come to mind: Firstly,  were MPs given priority for vaccination not to enable them to perform their constitutional role  to perform check-and-balance role of the Executive to ensure that there is good governance, effective and efficient government and the rule of law but to provide the excuse for  Ministers and Deputy Ministers to be vaccinated?

If it is the latter, then it is the height of contempt for the people and we have a gaggle of Ministers who will never put national interests above personal interests, and nothing can be expected from this bloated Cabinet in  the national interest.

Malaysians must save the country from the machinations of this gaggle of Ministers who are prepared to give Members of Parliament the “collateral benefit” of priority of vaccination so that questions would not be asked when Ministers also  receive priority for vaccination.

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department  in charge of Special Functions, Redzuan Md Yusof, had stated publicly that it is crucial to reconvene Parliament as soon as possible.

The Foreign Minister and a PM-aspirant, Hishammmudin Hussein, has said that Parliament should reconvene but it should not  be used as a tool to gain political power.

But what is their use of  the duo  making these points in public if they are not prepared to convince the Cabinet to take a decision to convene Parliament immediately?

The second question is how the National Recovery Plan on Parliament convening in September or October during Phase Three  square with the repeated stand of the powerful  Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin, that Parliament will only reconvene after herd immunity is achieved – and herd immunity will not be achieved in the Third Phase of the Perikatan Nasional  National Recovery Plan?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 16th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal114 — Adakah Ahli-ahli Parlimen diberikan keutamaan untuk mendapatkan vaksin bukan untuk membolehkan mereka menjalankan tanggungjawab berpelembagaan mereka untuk menyemak imbang bidang Eksekutif, sebaliknya hanya sebagai alasan untuk Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri menerima vaksin

Di bawah Rancangan Pemulihan Negara Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Parlimen dijadualkan untuk bersidang pada bukan September atau Oktober semasa negara berada dalam Fasa Ketiga Rancangan Pemulihan Negara ini, di mana negara mencatatkan secara purata kurang daripada 2,000 kes baharu setiap hari, terdapat kapasiti unit rawatan rapi yang mencukupi, dan sehingga 40% peratus populasi telah menerima vaksin.

Dua persoalan timbul: Pertamanya, adakah Ahli-ahli Parlimen diberikan keutamaan untuk mendapatkan vaksin bukan untuk membolehkan mereka menjalankan tanggungjawab berpelembagaan mereka untuk menyemak imbang bidang Eksekutif supaya terdapatnya tadbir urus yang baik, kerajaan yang berkesan dan efisyen, dan kedaulatan undang-undang, sebaliknya hanya sebagai alasan untuk Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri menerima vaksin?

Sekiranya Ahli-ahli Parlimen ini diberikan vaksin hanya sebagai alasan supaya para Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri dapat menerima vaksin secepat mungkin, maka ia adalah satu penghinaan kepada rakyat dan kita mempunyai sekelompok Menteri yang hanya akan meletakkan kepentingan peribadi di atas kepentingan kepentingan negara, dan kita tidak akan mendapati apa-apa manfaat daripada Kabinet gergasi ini untuk negara kita.

Rakyat Malaysia perlu menyelamatkan negara daripada Menteri-menteri yang sanggup memberikan Ahli-ahli Parlimen keutamaan dalam mendapatkan vaksin supaya mereka tidak dipersoalkan apabila menerima vaksin dengan lebih awal.

Menteri Tugas-tugas Khas di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Redzuan Md Yusof, telah mengatakan secara terbuka yang penting untuk Parlimen bersidang semula secepat mungkin.

Menteri Luar Negeri yang juga bercita-cita untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri, Hishamuddin Hussein, juga telah mengatakan yang Parlimen patut bersidang tetapi ia tidak patut dijadikan alat untuk mendapatkan kuasa politik.

Tetapi apakah gunanya mereka berdua ini bercakap secara terbuka sebegini sekiranya mereka tidak bersedia untuk meyakinkan Kabinet untuk memutuskan untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen secara segera?

Persoalan kedua pula adalah, apakah status kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin, yang mengatakan Parlimen hanya akan dibuka selepas imuniti kelompok dicapai sedangkan Rancangan Pemulihan Kebangsaan ini mengatakan yang Parlimen akan bersidang pada bulan September atau Oktober semasa Fasa Ketiga rancangan ini — dan negara kita tidak dijangkakan akan mencapai imuniti kelompok dalam tempoh tersebut?

(Kenyataan media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu, 16 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal115 – Will Mahiaddin  have to take a new oath of office before the Yang di Pertuan Agong to be  Prime Minister of Malaysia and  is he  properly sworn in as Member of Parliament for Pagoh and Johore State Assemblyman for Gambir?

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The Prime Minister’s chief private secretary Marzuki Mohamad’s memorandum to all civil servants to utilise the Prime Minister’s  legal name, Mahiaddin Md Yasin for all government documents  raises the question whether Muhyiddin also known as Mahiaddin needs  to take a new oath of office before the Yang di Pertuan Agong to be  Prime Minister of Malaysia.

It also raises the questions whether Muhyiddin also known as Mahiaddin had been properly sworn in as Member of Parliament for Pagoh and Johore State Assemblyman for Gambir.

May be the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Idrus Harun can clarify.

He should also clarify why corrective action was only taken some two-and-half months after the Shah Alam High Court quashed a prevention detention order signed by Muhyiddin using his name Muhyiddin when he was Home Minister.

(Media Statement (3) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 16th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal115 — Adakah Mahiaddin perlu mengangkat sumpah sekali lagi di hadapan Yang di Pertuan Agong untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia dan adakah beliau telah mengangkat sumpah dengan tepat sebagai Ahli Parlimen Pagoh dan ADUN Gambir?

Memorandum Ketua Setiausaha Sulit Perdana Menteri, Marzuki Mohamah, kepada semua penjawat awam untuk menggunakan nama sah Perdana Menteri, Mahiaddin Bin Md Yasin untuk semua dokumen kerajaan menimbulkan persoalan sama ada Muhyiddin, yang juga dikenali sebagai Mahiaddin, perlu mengangkat sumpah semula di hadapan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di Pertuan Agong sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

Perkara ini juga menimbulkan persoalan sama ada Muhyiddin, yang juga dikenali sebagai Mahiaddin, telah mengangkat sumpah secara betul sebagai Ahli Parlimen Pagoh dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Gambir.

Mungkin Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Idrus Harun boleh memberikan penjelasan.

Beliau juga perlu menjelaskan, mengapa tindakan pembetulan ini hanya diambil dua bulan setengah selepas Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam menolak perintah tahanan pencegahan yang ditandatangani dengan nama Muhyiddin semasa beliau merupakan Menteri Dalam Negeri.

(Kenyataan Media (3) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu, 16 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal116 – Malaysians have finally seen light at the end of tunnel of the Covid-19 pandemic with the Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday

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Malaysians have finally seen light at the end of the tunnel of the 18-month Covid-19 pandemic with the Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday.

It has ended the various speculations  and theories including those with dubious constitutional basis and legitimacy on how the country is to negotiate the constitutional impasse where no person seems  to  command a clear majority in Parliament while the country is faced with an existential threat by the Covid-19 pandemic – with Malaysia suddenly becoming one of the world’s top worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic while countries which had hogged the world limelight in the first 12 months of the pandemic have turned a corner and doing quite well in the war against  the Covid-19 pandemic,  especially with their national vaccination rollouts.

Malaysians  now have only one issue in mind – how to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and  its devastating effect on  the life, economy and society in Malaysia, especially to end the string of unnecessary and avoidable Covid-19 deaths, which have reached 4,142 cases of fatalities yesterday,  hitting three-digit figures in four days in June.

Malaysians do not want any constitutional crisis in any form but a single-minded focus by every Malaysian, whether in the Executive or the Legislatures, to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic – and this must remain the nation’s single-minded focus whether it takes one or two years.

The Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday has set a good example which must be followed in word and spirit by all Malaysians. Let us put aside our differences, whether political or otherwise, and single-mindedly win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The stand of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers  that Parliament and the various State Assemblies should be convened as soon as possible should be endorsed by all Malaysians.

I call on the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Takiyuddin Hassan not to be obstinate or  obstructive but to fully co-operate to convene Parliament and the various State Assemblies before August 1, 2021 as this is a clear-cut intention of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers.

Let Malaysians show the world that we can win  the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and that we have the wartime mentality to unite against  a common foe in the Covid-19 pandemic which is killing Malaysians every day and  threatening to destroy the very fabric of the Malaysian nation.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 17th  June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal116 — Rakyat Malaysia akhirnya mula nampak cahaya di hujung terowong untuk keluar dari kemelut pandemik Covid-19 yang berpanjangan selama 18 bulan selepas Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu mengadakan perbincangan khas semalam

Rakyat Malaysia akhirnya mula nampak cahaya di hujung terowong untuk keluar dari kemelut pandemik Covid-19 yang berlarutan selama 18 bulan selepas Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu mengadakan perbincangan khas semalam

Perkara ini sekaligus menamatkan pelbagai spekulasi dan teori termasuk teori-teori yang tidak mempunyai asas perlembagaan dan kesahihan yang meragukan tentang bagaimana negara akan menyelesaikan kebuntuan dari sudut perlembagaan apabila tidak ada pihak yang dilihat mempunyai majoriti yang jelas di Parlimen sementara negara menghadapi ancaman eksistensial akibat daripada penularan wabak Covid-19 yang berpanjangan – dengan Malaysia secara tiba-tiba menjadi salah satu negara dengan prestasi terburuk di dunia dalam mengawal penularan wabak Covid-19 sementara negara-negara yang menunjukkan prestasi terburuk dalam tempoh 12 bulan pertama wabak itu mengganas, kini telah berubah dan menunjukkan prestasi yang lebih baik dalam mengendalikan perang menentang pandemik Covid-19, terutamanya dalam program pemberian vaksin yang dijalankan mereka.

Rakyat Malaysia kini berdepan satu-satunya isu iaitu bagaimana untuk memenangi peperangan melawan wabak Covid-19 dan menangani kesan yang ditinggalkan wabak tersebut terhadap kehidupan, ekonomi dan masyarakat di Malaysia, terutama untuk menyelamatkan lebih banyak nyawa daripada terus terkorban akibat Covid-19, yang kini telah mencecah 4,142 kes kematian semalam, mencapai julat tiga angka dalam tempoh empat hari dalam bulan Jun.

Rakyat Malaysia tidak ingin melihat krisis perlembagaan berlaku dalam apa jua bentuk, tetapi mahu setiap rakyat Malaysia, termasuk yang berjawatan dalam Eksekutif dan Badan Perundangan untuk tetap fokus dalam mencapai matlamat untuk memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19 – dan ini harus menjadi fokus utama negara, tidak kira dalam tempoh setahun atau dua tahun.

Mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu semalam telah menunjukkan teladan yang baik yang mesti diikuti oleh semua rakyat Malaysia. Marilah kita mengetepikan sebarang perbezaan yang timbul di antara kita, sama ada dari segi pegangan politik atau sebagainya, untuk sepenuh hati memenangkan perang melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Pendirian Yang di-Pertuan Agong dan Raja-Raja Melayu yang menitahkan bahawa sidang Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri perlu diadakan secepat mungkin harus disokong oleh semua rakyat Malaysia.

Saya menggesa Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Parlimen) Takiyuddin Hassan untuk tidak bersikap keras kepala atau menjadi batu penghalang dengan memberikan kerjasama sepenuhnya untuk mengadakan sidang Parlimen dan DUN sebelum 1 Ogos 2021 kerana ini adalah hasrat jelas yang datang daripada Yang di-Pertuan Agong dan Raja-Raja Melayu sendiri.

Benarkan semua rakyat Malaysia untuk menunjukkan kepada dunia bahawa kita mampu memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19 dan kita mempunyai mentaliti seolah-olah negara sedang beperang serta bersatu menentang musuh bersama yang membunuh rakyat Malaysia setiap hari dan mengancam untuk memusnahkan bangsa Malaysia.

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Khamis, 17 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal117 – Call for a one-year political moratorium which can be extended to two years where there is only one national priority – to win the war  against the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure that Covid-19 fatalities do not exceed 5,000 deaths

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These are my personal views.

I have said that Malaysians can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel of the 18-month Covid-19 pandemic with the Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday.

It now allows Malaysia, which has suddenly becoming one of the world’s top worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic while countries which had hogged the world limelight in the first 12 months of the pandemic have turned a corner and doing quite well in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, especially with their national vaccination rollouts, an opportunity to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Conference of Rulers special meeting should be an occasion for the country to make a new start in the war against Covid-19 pandemic, which had caused devastating consequences to the life, economy and society of Malaysians, registering a cumulative total of 673,025 Covid-19 cases and 4,142 Covid-19 deaths.

Let me declare my personal position. I support Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia because I think he is most experienced, competent and qualified to be the leader of a plural Malaysia.

But we have been in the midst of a constitutional impasse for more than year, where no person had been able to command a clear majority in Parliament while the country is faced with an existential threat by the Covid-19 pandemic.

I believe Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, with the fortuitous incident changing his name on official documents to Mahiaddin Md Yasin, does not command any clear majority in Parliament.

But I think this is a secondary issue and unless there is one person which could demonstrate clearly and convincingly outside Parliament this clear-cut parliamentary majority for him to become the Prime Minister, this issue must be subordinated to the existential threat of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This new start for the nation has been provided by the Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday and it should not be used by any political quarter to justify their position on the political situation in the country.

Let the two positions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday that Parliament and the State Assemblies should be convened as soon as possible and that there is no need for the emergency to extend beyond August 1 be the basis for a common “war mentality” to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Let us put aside our differences, whether political or otherwise, and single-mindedly win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

I therefore propose a one-year political moratorium which can be extended to two years where there is only one national priority – to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure that Covid-19 fatalities do not exceed 5,000 deaths.

I reiterate my call to the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Takiyuddin Hassan not to be obstinate or obstructive but to fully co-operate to convene Parliament and the various State Assemblies before August 1, 2021 as this is a clear-cut intention of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers.

The stand of the Speaker, Azhar Azizan Harun, defending the timeline set by the Prime Minister for the convening of Parliament is most unfortunate and disappointing.

I call for an emergency Cabinet meeting to act on the decisions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting yesterday so that Parliament could comply with the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders and convene on Monday, 19th July 2021.

Meanwhile the various Parliamentary Select Committees should be able to function effectively.

In fact, there should be a reform and new vision of the role that can be played by Parliament and the various parliamentary select committees to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysians do not want any constitutional crisis in any form but a single-minded focus by every Malaysian, whether in the Executive or the Legislatures, to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic – and this must remain the nation’s single-minded focus whether it takes one or two years.

Let Malaysians show the world that we can win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and that we have the wartime mentality to unite against a common foe in the Covid-19 pandemic which is killing Malaysians every day and threatening to destroy the very fabric of the Malaysian nation.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 17th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal117 – Seruan untuk melaksanakan moratorium politik selama satu atau hingga dua tahun bagi membolehkan negara fokus kepada usaha untuk memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19 dan memastikan jumlah kes kematian akibat Covid-19 tidak melebihi paras 5,000 kes

Ini adalah pandangan peribadi saya.

Saya sebelum ini menyatakan bahawa rakyat Malaysia akhirnya mula nampak cahaya di hujung terowong untuk keluar dari kemelut pandemik Covid-19 yang berpanjangan selama 18 bulan selepas Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu mengadakan perbincangan khas semalam.

Ini memberikan Malaysia — yang secara tiba-tiba menjadi salah satu negara dengan prestasi terburuk di dunia dalam mengawal penularan wabak Covid-19 sementara negara-negara yang menunjukkan prestasi terburuk dalam tempoh 12 bulan pertama wabak itu mengganas, kini telah berubah dan menunjukkan prestasi yang lebih baik dalam mengendalikan perang menentang pandemik Covid-19, terutamanya dalam program pemberian vaksin yang dijalankan mereka — sebuah peluang untuk memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Izinkan saya menyatakan pendirian peribadi saya. Saya menyokong Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia kerana saya fikir beliau merupakan pemimpin yang paling berpengalaman, cekap dan berkelayakan untuk menjadi memimpin Malaysia yang merupakan sebuah negara yang majmuk.

Pun begitu, kita terjerat dalam kebuntuan perlembagaan selama lebih satu tahun, di mana tiada individu yang mempunyai majoriti yang mencukupi di Parlimen di tengah-tengah situasi negara ketika ini berdepan dengan ancaman eksistensial ekoran penularan pandemik Covid-19 yang berpanjangan.

Saya percaya yang Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, yang mana menukar namanya pada dokumen rasmi menjadi Mahiaddin Md Yasin, juga tidak mempunyai majoriti yang jelas di Parlimen.

Tetapi saya fikir ini adalah masalah yang tidak begitu penting dan melainkan ada individu yang dapat membuktikan bahawa dia mempunyai majoriti yang jelas dan menyakinkan untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri, isu ini mesti diketepikan bagi memberi tumpuan kepada usaha untuk menguruskan ancaman eksistensial yang terpaksa dihadapi negara ekoran penularan wabak Covid-19.

Permulaan baharu bagi negara ini telah dibuka seluas-luasnya susulan keputusan daripada perbincangan khas yang dijalankan Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu semalam dan tiada mana-mana entiti politik yang boleh menggunakan keputusan itu untuk menjustifikasikan kedudukannya dalam situasi politik dalam negara ketika ini.

Jadikan kedua-dua kenyataan yang dikeluarkan hasil Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu semalam iaitu Parlimen serta Dewan Undangan Negeri harus bersidang secepat mungkin dan bahawa tidak ada keperluan untuk darurat dilanjutkan selepas 1 Ogos, menjadi asas kepada “mentaliti perang” untuk memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Marilah kita mengetepikan sebarang perbezaan yang timbul di antara kita, sama ada dari segi pegangan politik atau sebagainya, untuk sepenuh hati memenangi peperangan melawan wabak Covid-19.

Saja justeru mencadangkan supaya moratorium politik dilaksanakan selama satu tahun — yang boleh dilanjutkan kepada dua tahun — bagi membolehkan negara fokus kepada usaha untuk memenangi peperangan melawan wabak Covid-19 dan memastikan jumlah kes kematian akibat Covid-19 tidak melebihi paras 5,000 kes

Saya mengulangi gesaan supaya Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Parlimen) Takiyuddin Hassan untuk tidak bersikap keras kepala atau menjadi batu penghalang dengan memberikan kerjasama sepenuhnya untuk mengadakan sidang Parlimen dan DUN sebelum 1 Ogos 2021 kerana ini adalah hasrat jelas yang datang daripada Yang di-Pertuan Agong dan Raja-Raja Melayu sendiri.

Pendirian Speaker, Azhar Azizan Harun yang mempertahankan garis masa yang telah ditetapkan oleh Perdana Menteri untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen adalah satu perkara yang amat malang dan mengecewakan.

Saya menggesa supaya diadakan mesyuarat Kabinet tergempar bagi membincangkan mengenai keputusan yang dibuat hasil daripada Perbincangan Khas Majlis Raja-Raja Melayu semalam supaya Parlimen dapat mematuhi Perintah Tetap Dewan Rakyat dan bersidang pada hari Isnin, 19 Julai 2021.

Sementara itu, Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Parlimen perlu dibenarkan berfungsi dengan berkesan.

Malah, perlu wujud pembaharuan dan visi baharu berhubung peranan yang boleh dimainkan oleh Parlimen dan Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Parlimen untuk memenangi peperangan melawan wabak Covid-19.

Rakyat Malaysia tidak ingin melihat krisis perlembagaan berlaku dalam apa jua bentuk, tetapi mahu setiap rakyat Malaysia, termasuk yang berjawatan dalam Eksekutif dan Badan Perundangan untuk tetap fokus dalam mencapai matlamat untuk memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19 – dan ini harus menjadi fokus utama negara, tidak kira dalam tempoh setahun atau dua tahun.

Benarkan semua rakyat Malaysia untuk menunjukkan kepada dunia bahawa kita mampu memenangi peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19 dan kita mempunyai mentaliti seolah-olah negara sedang beperang serta bersatu menentang musuh bersama yang membunuh rakyat Malaysia setiap hari dan mengancam untuk memusnahkan fabrik sosial masyarakat Malaysia.

(Kenyataan Media (2) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Khamis, 17 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal118 – Does the three-paragraph statement from the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday signify  Mahiaddin’s rejection of the two conclusions  of the Conference of Rulers special meeting and a full-blown constitutional crisis in-the-making?

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Does the three-paragraph statement from Prime Minister’s Office yesterday signify the Prime Minister, Mahiaddin Md Yasin’s rejection of the two conclusions  of the Conference of Rulers special meeting and a full-blown constitutional crisis in-the-making?

The two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting on Wednesday were  that Parliament and the State Assemblies should be convened as soon as possible and that there is no need for the emergency to extend beyond August 1, 2021.

I call on the Cabinet not to start  a constitutional crisis but to take advantage of the Conference of Rulers special meeting to launch a new beginning  to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysians do not want any constitutional crisis in any form but a single-minded focus by every Malaysian, whether in the Executive or the Legislatures, to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic – and this must remain the nation’s single-minded focus whether it takes one or two years.

It is most regrettable that the Cabinet is not meeting in emergency session to act on the two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting, as in convening a parliamentary meeting on Monday, 19th July 2021 – which is still possible under the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders.

When announcing the Proclamation of Emergency in a live national telecast on January 12, 2021, the Prime Minister said Covid-19 infection cases “are on the rise and show no signs of decline in the near future”.

Sadly, after more than five months after the Proclamation of Emergency on January 11, 2021, Covid-19 infections are still “on the rise and show no signs of decline in the near future.”  In fact, we have become worse a yesterday’s daily increase of 5,738 cases exceeded the previous peak of daily increase of  5,728 new  cases on January 30, 2021, and we have the heavy toll of 60 deaths yesterday as compared to the peak of daily death of 25 cases on Feb. 18, 2021.

The Prime Minister should be aware that his repeated assurance that  his government is committed  to ensuring good governance has little credibility,  and this is where the various Parliamentary Select Committees can play an important role to convince Malaysians and the world  that there is good governance, effective and efficient government and the rule of law in the country.

The country needs a National Recovery Plan and as far back as April last year, I had called on the government to hold extensive consultation with different Malaysian stakeholders on  the proper exit strategy from the Covid-19 pandemic and proper National Recovery Plan to be drawn up.

The National Recovery Plan announced by the Prime Minister in his live national telecast on Tuesday  is most unsatisfactory and unsuitable.

The Cabinet should act fast and show it is capable of quick, creative and nimble response to the challenges in the war against  Covid-19 pandemic and  not take its sweet time to respond to the two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting.

(Media Statement  by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 18th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal118 — Adakah kenyataan tiga perenggan daripada Pejabat Perdana Menteri semalam menunjukkan penolakan Mahiaddin kepada dua kesimpulan daripada mesyuarat Majlis Raja-raja, menuju ke arah satu krisis perlembagaan besar?

Adakah kenyataan tiga perenggan daripada Pejabat Perdana Menteri semalam menunjukkan penolakan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Mahiaddin Md Yasin kepada dua kesimpulan daripada mesyuarat Majlis Raja-raja, menuju ke arah satu krisis perlembagaan besar?

Dua kesimpulan mesyuarat Majlis Raja-raja pada hari Rabu adalah, Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri perlu dipanggil bersidang secepat mungkin dan darurat tidak perlu dilanjutkan selepas 1 Ogos 2021.

Saya menyeru kepada Kabinet untuk tidak memulakan satu krisis berperlembagaan, sebaliknya menggunakan nasihat daripada Majlis Raja-raja ini sebagai satu peluang untuk melancarkan permulaan baharu dalam perang melawan wabak Covid-19.

Rakyat Malaysia tidak mahu melihat satu lagi krisis berperlembagaan dalam apa-apa bentuk sekalipun, sebaliknya kita mahu melihat tumpuan semua rakyat, termasuklah mereka dalam bidang Eksekutif dan Perundangan, untuk memastikan perang melawan Covid-19 dimenangi — dan perkara ini perlu menjadi tumpuan utama negara kita, baik untuk satu atau dua tahun yang akan datang.

Amat mengecewakan apabila Kabinet tidak memanggil mesyuarat tergempar untuk bertindak atas dua kesimpulan mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja ini, misalnya dengan memanggil sidang Parlimen pada hari Isnin, 19 Julai 2021 — yang masih dibenarkan di bawah Peraturan Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat.

Semasa mengumumkan Proklamasi Darurat dalam siaran langsung televisyen pada 12 Januari 2021, Perdana Menteri mengatakan yang jangkitan kes Covid-19 “sedang meningkat dan tidak menunjukkan tanda penurunan dalam masa terdekat”.

Malangnya, selepas lebih daripada lima bulan selepas Proklamasi Darurat ini, wabak Covid-19 masih “sedang meningkat dan tidak menunjukkan tanda penurunan dalam masa terdekat”. Malah, keadaan ini semakin meneruk dengan kadar kes baharu semalam mencatatkan peningkatan 5,738 kes, lebih tinggi daripada 5,728 kes pada kemuncak sebelum ini dengan 5,728 kes pada 30 Januari 2021. Kita juga mencatatkan 60 kematian semalam dengan berbanding dengan 25 kematian pada 18 Februari 2021.

Perdana Menteri perlu sedar bahawa jaminan berterusan beliau yang kerajaan beliau komited kepada tadbir urus yang baik tidak mempunyai sebarang kredibiliti, kerana inilah pelbagai Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Parlimen patut diberikan ruang untuk memainkan peranan untuk meyakinkan rakyat Malaysia dan seluruh dunia bahawa terdapatnya tadbir urus yang baik dan pentadbiran yang berkesan dan efisien dan kedaulatan undang-undang di negara kita.

Negara kita memerlukan Pelan Pemulihan Negara yang menyeluruh dan sejak April tahun lepas lagi, saya telah menyeru kerajaan untuk mengadakan perundingan dengan pelbagai pihak untuk merangka strategi keluar yang baik daripada wabak ini.

Pelan Pemulihan Negara yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri pada hari Selasa amatlah tidak memuaskan dan tidak mencukupi.

Kabinet perlu bertindak pantas dan menunjukkan yang mereka boleh bertindak balas secara cepat, kreatif, dan lincah terhadap cabaran yang dibawa oleh wabak Covid-19, dan bukannya mengambil masa untuk bertindak balas terhadap dua kesimpulan mesyuarat Majlis Raja-raja.

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat, 18 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal119 – Has the Prime Minister and  Cabinet abandoned the objective to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 or is it just the position of Khairy Jamaluddin?

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The Minister co-ordinating Covid-19 vaccines, Khairy Jamaluddin announced yesterday that he had abandoned the objective to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 by vaccinating 80 per cent of the population.

Is this  the position of the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and  the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF)  or is it just Khairy’s position?

This is a most perplexing question  as the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyfiddin Yassin was waxing about the government’s objective to achieve herd immunity by  vaccinating 80 per cent of the population  in his national live telecast on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, where he said:

“InsyaAllah, once we have achieved herd immunity in phase four, all these can be done in stages with adherence to strict SOP. Our ability to achieve herd immunity will depend on how many of our people have received the vaccinations.”

In his live national telecast on May 31 announcing the “total lockdown”  and the RM40 billion Pemerkasa Plus  relief package, he reiterated the government’s herd immunity objective by the end of the year.

On June 13, it was reported that Malaysia’s federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya were  expected to reach herd immunity by August – earlier than planned – as the government said more people were able to receive their jabs with the opening of more vaccination centres (PPV).

On June 4, 2021, the Health Minister, Adham Baba, said Malaysia had ordered enough vaccines to cover 109 per cent of its population who qualify for inoculation with the aim of achieving herd immunity against Covid-19 by December.

Not to mention the two deplorable statements by the Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin, that Parliament could only be convened when Malaysia had achieved herd immunity – both statements in June itself, one on June 4 and the other on June 11.

Now we are suddenly told that it is not the government’s objective to achieve herd immunity – was the subject ever discussed and a decision taken  in the Cabinet, and if so, when was it taken?

Is the Prime Minister capable of throwing light on the issue?

Khairy  expects Covid-19 to be an endemic disease that remains ever present in Malaysia, amid the spread of more contagious new variants, but as a less dangerous threat.

This is nothing new as it  represents international  expert medical opinion going back to last year.

I have however been questioning whether it is possible  for  Malaysia to achieve  herd immunity against Covid-19  with  the target of vaccinating 80 per cent of the population, which means vaccinating 26 million people.

But this is an impossible target, as  Malaysia’s adult population above 18 years (and up to now, we are only vaccinating those above 18 years old) is only 63.8 per cent of the population which is 20.6 million. It is only now that the government is talking about vaccinating those in the 12-18 age group.

An explanation from Khairy is warranted – did he abandon herd immunity because it is impossible to achieve or because Covd-19 will become endemic.

Also an explanation from the Prime Minister – why he is not agile and nimble enough to realise that the herd immunity objective had been abandoned?

Has the government any new vaccination  policy and if so, what?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 18th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal119 — Adakah Perdana Menteri dan Kabinet telah mengabaikan objektif untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok atau ia hanya pendirian Khairy Jamaluddin?

Menteri Penyelaras Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan (PICK), Khairy Jamaluddin semalam mengumumkan bahawa beliau telah meninggalkan objektif untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok menerusi memberikan suntikan vaksin kepada 80 peratus penduduk negara ini.

Adakah ini pendirian Perdana Menteri, Kabinet dan Pasukan Tindakan Imunisasi Covid-19 (CITF) atau hanya pendirian Khairy?

Ini adalah soalan yang paling membingungkan kerana Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sebelum ini bercakap tentang objektif kerajaan untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok menerusi pemberian suntikan vaksin kepada 80 peratus penduduk negara ini dalam siaran langsung pada hari Selasa, 15 Jun 2021, di mana beliau berkata:

“InsyaAllah, apabila kita sudah mencapai imuniti kelompok pada fasa keempat, perkara-perkara ini dapat kita lakukan secara berperingkat dengan pematuhan kepada SOP yang ketat. Kejayaan kita mencapai imuniti kelompok pula bergantung kepada berapa ramai rakyat di negara ini dapat menerima suntikan vaksin.”

Dalam siaran langsung pada 31 Mei, semasa beliau mengumumkan sekatan pergerakan penuh dan pakej rangsangan ekonomi Program Strategik Memperkasa Rakyat dan Ekonomi (Pemerkasa) Plus, beliau mengulangi objektif kerajaan untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok menjelang hujung tahun ini.

Pada 13 Jun, dilaporkan bahawa Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya dijangka akan mencapai imuniti kelompok menjelang Ogos – lebih awal dari yang dirancang – kerana kerajaan berkata lebih ramai orang boleh menerima suntikan vaksin dengan pembukaan lebih banyak pusat pemberian vaksin (PPV).

Pada 4 Jun 2021, Menteri Kesihatan, Adham Baba berkata Malaysia telah menempah bekalan vaksin yang mencukupi untuk 109 peratus penduduk yang layak menerima suntikan tersebut dengan sasaran untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok menjelang Disember.

Begitu juga dua kenyataan daripada Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin, bahawa Parlimen hanya boleh bersidang apabila Malaysia mencapai imuniti kelompok — kedua-dua kenyataan itu dibuat dalam bulan Jun, masing-masing pada 4 Jun dan 11 Jun.

Sekarang tiba-tiba kita dimaklumkan bahawa bukanlah objektif kerajaan untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok — adakah perkara ini pernah dibincangkan dan keputusannya sudah dibuat dalam mesyuarat Kabinet? Dan jika ya, bilakah keputusan itu dibuat?

Adakah Perdana Menteri akan memberikan penjelasan berhubung isu ini?

Khairy menjangkakan Covid-19 akan menjadi endemik dan kita akan melihat Covid dalam bentuk kurang mengancam kekal dengan kita untuk tempoh yang lama.

Ini bukanlah perkara baharu kerana ia merupakan pandangan pakar kesihatan antarabanga tahun lalu.

Saya bagaimanapun mempersoalkan sama ada mustahil untuk Malaysia mencapai imuniti kelompok menerusi sasaran pemberian suntikan vaksin kepada 80 peratus penduduk negara ini, yang bermaksud memberikan suntikan vaksin kepada 26 juta orang.

Namun, ini adalah sasaran yang mustahil, kerana jumlah penduduk dewasa berusia 18 tahun ke atas di Malaysia (dan sehingga sekarang, kita hanya memberikan vaksin kepada individu berusia 18 tahun ke atas) hanya 63.8 peratus daripada populasi yang berjumlah 20.6 juta orang. Hanya baru-baru ini kerajaan bercakap tentang pemberian vaksin kepada kumpulan remaja yang berusia 12 hingga 18 tahun

Khairy perlu memberikan penjelasan — adakah benar beliau sudah meninggalkan objektif imuniti kelompok kerana ia mustahil untuk dicapai atau kerana Covid-19 akan menjadi endemik.

Perdana Menteri juga perlu memberikan penjelasan – mengapa beliau tidak menyedari yang objektif imuniti kelompok telah ditinggalkan?

Adakah kerajaan mempunyai dasar baharu tentang vaksinasi? Jika ya, sila maklumkan.

(Kenyataan Media (2) oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat, 18 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal120 – Is Malaysia going to have a constitutional crisis over “ASAP” – “as soon as possible”?

Is Malaysia  going to have a constitutional crisis over  “ASAP” – “as soon as possible”?

The holder of Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair at University of  Malaya and Tun Hussein Onn Chair at ISIS Malaysia, Professor  Shaq Saleem Faruqi wrote an article in the Star on Thursday on the discretionary and non-discretionary powers and functions of the Yang di Pertuan Agong.

I agree with him that “the proper approach to constitutional interpretation is that no provision conferring power and function on the King should be interpreted literally or in isolation but must be read in the light of Articles 40(1) and 40(1A), which require His Majesty to act on advice” and that “In several situations, the King’s personal discretion is necessarily implied”.

The Sheraton Move conspiracy which toppled the democratically-elected government and ushered in a backdoor, undemocratic and illegitimate government which is afraid to test its parliamentary majority in a confidence motion in Parliament has given rise to an unprecedented constitutional position following at least three developments:

1.     The present Yang di Pertuan Agong is known to have refused the prime minister’s advice to proclaim an Emergency.

2.     The Emergency Ordinance of January 14 this year, in section 2 establishes an “Independent Special Committee” appointed by the King “to advise the Yang di Pertuan Agong on the continuing existence of the grave Emergency” – which amounted to an implicit undertaking that the Cabinet  or the designated Minister  would not invoke Article 40 and 40(1A)  of the Constitution  and that it is the Special Independent Emergency Committee (SIEC) that will advise the King on whether to terminate or extend the Emergency on August 1.

3.     The clear-cut and undisputed failure of the emergency as a weapon to fight  the invisible war against Covid-19 pandemic, highlighted by today’s data on the latest Covid-19 situation in the country: 6,640 new Covid-19 cases and 74 deaths as compared to 2,232 cases and 4 deaths on January 11, 2021. What is worse, we have suddenly become one of the world’s top worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic when other  worst performing nations in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic like  the Unites States, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain have turned the corner and performing better than Malaysia  to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control.

For the past year, we have been in the midst of a constitutional impasse where no person had been able to   command a clear majority in Parliament while the country is faced with an existential threat by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unless there is one person which could demonstrate clearly and convincingly outside Parliament this clear-cut parliamentary majority  for him to become the Prime Minister, this issue must be subordinated to the existential threat of the Covid-19 pandemic.

I have  proposes a one-year political moratorium which can be extended to two years where there is only one national priority – to win the war  against the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure that Covid-19 fatalities do not exceed 5,000 deaths.

The Conference of Rulers special meeting offers the nation the possibility of a new start for the nation for Malaysians to put aside their political and other differences to focus single-mindedly on winning the Covid-19 war, whether it takes one or two years.

I reiterate my call to the Prime Minister to convene an emergency Cabinet meeting to act on the two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting, as it is a national disservice for the country to  plunge into a constitutional crisis over the meaning of ASAP.

I also  reiterate my call to the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Parliament) Takiyuddin Hassan not to be obstinate or  obstructive but to fully use his influence to enable the convening of  Parliament and the various State Assemblies before August 1, 2021.

It is still possible for Parliament to convene before August 1, 2021 under the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders.

Malaysians do not want any constitutional crisis in any form but a single-minded focus by every Malaysian, whether in the Executive or the Legislatures, to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Let Malaysians show the world that we can unite and  win  the war against the Covid-19 pandemic which is killing Malaysians every day and  threatening to destroy the very fabric of the Malaysian society.

(Media Statement (3) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 18th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal121 – Time is closing in for the Muhyiddin government to call for an emergency Cabinet meeting to comply with the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders with the requisite 28 days’ notice to convene Parliament on July 19  and avoid any constitutional crisis

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Time is closing in for the Muhyiddin government to call for an emergency Cabinet meeting to comply with the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders with the requisite 28 days’ notice and to convene Parliament on July 19, 2021 and avoid any constitutional crisis in the country.

The Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders provide that the Prime Minister will decide, at least 28 days in advance, when the Dewan Rakyat should meet, which means that tomorrow Sunday 20th June 2021 is the deadline for the Prime Minister to convene Parliament on July 19 and comply with the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders on the 28 days’ requisite notice.

If the Cabinet meets on Wednesday, 23rd June 2021, it will not be able to convene the Dewan Rakyat on July 19 and comply with the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders with the 28 days’ requisite notice, although it will still be possible to convene Parliament for the last ten days of July from July 22 – 30, 2021.

It has been argued that by using the Emergency Ordinance, this requirement of requisite 28 days’ notice can be set aside.

It must have shocked the world, just as it had shocked Malaysians, that the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s decree that the suspended Parliament ought to be reconvened “as soon as possible” to allow MPs to debate the emergency laws and the national recovery plan could be a subject of contention.

From the statements of the PAS Ministers, they have taken a position that the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s decree is in line with the Muhyiddin government’s stand that Parliament could be convened in September or October under Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan.

So far the Prime Minister and the other Perikatan Nasional Cabinet Ministers have not made public their interpretation of ASAP in this context.

Apart from the PAS leadership, nobody seems to have any problem as to what the Yang di Pertuan Agong meant with regard to the convening of Parliament ASAP. Why is this so?

This is not the first time that the Yang di Pertuan Agong had said that Parliament should meet despite the state of the emergency – as the Yang di Pertuan Agong had expressed this view when he met the President of Senate Rais Yatim and the Speaker of Parliament Azhar Azizan Harun in February.

It is shocking to see PAS Ministers trying to stretch the meaning of “as soon as possible” (ASAP) to embrace September or October under Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan.

But there are four objections to such an elastic expansion of the meaning of “ASAP”, viz:

· A Parliament convened after the end of emergency on August 1 will not comply with Article 150(3) which require the emergency ordinances to be laid before Parliament.

· The Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers did not subject the convening of Parliament and the State Assemblies to the ending of emergency or the improvement of the Covid-19 situation.

· The Prime Minister had not convened Parliament in September or October but merely announced in his live national telecast on the eve of the Conference of Rulers special meeting that Parliament could be convened in September or October under Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan if three conditions are met: an average of less than 2,000 Covid-19 cases daily, sufficient ICU capacity and up to 40 percent of the population fully vaccinated. If these three conditions are not met, Parliament will not be convened in September or October.

· The Covid-19 situation is worsening, with a daily increase of 6,440 new Covid-19 cases and 74 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday – about three times more cases than the 2,232 new Covid-19 cases on January 11 when emergency was proclaimed, and about 19 times the four deaths on the first day of the Emergency.

The Prime Minister should not tarry and delay but should immediately hold an emergency Cabinet meeting to convene Parliament on July 19 for the country to start anew and unite Malaysians to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic. Any other interpretation of ASAP in the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s decree to convene Parliament will divide Malaysians further.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday 19th June 2021)

#kerajaangagal121 — Masa semakin suntuk untuk kerajaan Muhyiddin mengadakan mesyuarat khas Kabinet untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen pada 19 Julai untuk mengelakkan sebarang krisis perlembagaan

Masa semakin suntuk untuk kerajaan Muhyiddin mengadakan mesyuarat khas Kabinet untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen pada 19 Julai untuk mengelakkan sebarang krisis perlembagaan memandangkan Peraturan Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat memerlukan notis sekurang-kurangnya 28 hari sebelum persidangan bermula.

Peraturan Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat memperuntukkan bahawa Perdana Menteri perlu memutuskan 28 hari lebih awal, bila Dewan Rakyat perlu bersidang. Perkara ini bermakna esok 20 Jun 2021 adalah tarikh akhir untuk Perdana Menteri memanggil sidang Dewan Rakyat pada 19 Julai dengan menghormati peruntukan Peraturan Mesyuarat ini.

Sekiranya Kabinet hanya bermesyuarat pada hari Rabu, 23 Jun 2021, ia tidak akan dapat memanggil sidang Parlimen pada 19 Julai dan pada masa yang sama menghormati peruntukan Peraturan Mesyuarat, walaupun masih terdapat ruang untuk mengadakan sidang Parlimen dalam 10 hari terakhir bulan Julai di antara 22 sehingga 30 Julai 2021.

Ada pihak yang memberikan hujah mengatakan yang dengan Ordinan Darurat, keperluan notis 28 hari ini dapat diketepikan.

Pastinya menjadi kejutan kepada seluruh dunia, seperti mana ia mengejutkan rakyat Malaysia, yang Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di Pertuan Agong menitahkan supaya Parlimen bersidang semula secepat mungkin untuk membolehkan Ahli-ahli Parlimen membahaskan undang-undang darurat dan Pelan Pemulihan Negara yang sedang hangat diperbincangkan.

Daripada kenyataan Menteri-menteri PAS, kelihatan seperti mereka mengambil kedudukan bahawa titah Yang di Pertuan Agong adalah selari dengan pendirian kerajaan Muhyiddin bahawa Parlimen akan dipanggil bersidang pada bulan September atau Oktober di bawah Fasa Tiga Pelan Pemulihan Negara.

Setakat ini, Perdana Menteri dan Menteri-menteri lain Perikatan Nasional masih belum menyatakan tafsiran “secepat mungkin” mereka dalam konteks ini.

Selain daripada pimpinan PAS, tidak ada sesiapa yang lain yang kelihatan seperti mempunyai masalah untuk memahami apa yang dimaksudkan oleh Yang di Pertuan Agong sebagai “secepat mungkin”. Mengapakah begini?

Ini bukanlah kali pertama Yang di Pertuan Agong menzahirkan bahawa Parlimen patut bersidang walaupun negara sedang berada dalam darurat — Baginda juga menzahirkan perkara yang sama semasa berjumpa dengan Yang di Pertua Dewan Negara, Rais Yatim dan Yang di Pertuan Dewan Rakyat, Azhar Azizan Harun pada bulan Februari.

Amat mengejutkan apabila Menteri-menteri PAS cuba mengubah maksud “secepat mungkin” menjadi tiga bulan sehingga bulan September atau Oktober di bawah Fasa Tiga Pelan Pemulihan Negara.

Tetapi, terdapat empat perkara yang menghalang pengubahan makna “secepat mungkin” ini, iaitu:

– Parlimen yang bersidang selepas 1 Ogos bertentangan dengan Perkara 150(3) Perlembagaan yang memerlukan Ordinan Darurat dibentangkan di Parlimen

– Yang di Pertuan Agong dan Raja-raja Melayu tidak mengatakan yang persidangan Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri hanya boleh berlaku selepas tamatnya darurat atau penambah baikan keadaan Covid-19

– Perdana Menteri belum memanggil sidang Parlimen pada bulan September atau Oktober, sebaliknya hanya mengumumkan dalam perutusan langsung beliau yang Parlimen akan bersidang dalam Fasa Ketiga Pelan Pemulihan Negara sekiranya tiga syarat dipenuhi: purata kes harian di bawah 2,000 kes sehari, jumlah katil unit rawatan rapi yang mencukupi, dan sehingga 40% populasi telah diberikan vaksin. Sekiranya syarat ini tidak dipenuhi, mungkin Parlimen tidak akan dipanggil bersidang pada bulan September atau Oktober.

– Keadaan Covid-19 dalam negara semakin meneruk, dengan peningkatan harian 6,440 kes dan 74 kematian semalam — kira-kira tiga kali ganda berbanding dengan 2,232 kes pada 11 Januari semasa darurat diisytiharkan, dan 19 kali ganda lebih ramai kematian berbanding dengan empat kematian pada hari pertama darurat.

Perdana Menteri tidak boleh terus berlengah lagi, tetapi perlu memanggil mesyuarat Kabinet segera untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen pada 19 Julai untuk membolehkan kita membuat permulaan baharu dan menyatukan rakyat Malaysia untuk melawan wabak Covid-19. Sebarang tafsiran berbeza terhadap “secepat mungkin” yang dititahkan oleh Yang di Pertuan Agong hanya akan memecah belahkan rakyat Malaysia.

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Sabtu, 19 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal122 – Ten things Malaysia  should do  to win the invisible but lethal  war against Covid-19 pandemic

Malaysia has suddenly catapulted to be  one of the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Countries which have previously been regarded as the world’s worst performing nations have turned the corner and are addressing the Covid-19 pandemic in a more effective  fashion as compared to  Malaysia.

At the end of March last year, the world Top Ten worst countries in the Covid-19 pandemic were dominated by the United States and seven countries from Europe – namely United States, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, France, Iran, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Belgium.

Sixteen months later, the  seven-nation European dominance of the Top Ten worst nations in Covid-19 pandemic has been replaced by three-nation South American dominance, namely United  States, India, Brazil, France, Turkey, Russia, United Kingdom, Italy, Argentina and Colombia.

There are now worldwide over 178.5 million Covid-19 cases and over 610,000 Covid-19 deaths.  China, which had been No.1 nation with the most number of Covid-19 cases, is now ranked No 99 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases. China now has 91,534 Covid-19 cases and  4,636 Covid-19 deaths.

On November 18, 2020, we ranked No. 85 among countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases. Now, some seven months later, with 682,204  Covid-19 cases, we have overtaken Austria and is now ranked No. 38 among countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases.

By the end of the extension of the MCO 3.0 and the total lockout on June 28, we would have overtaken Switzerland to be ranked No. 37 in cumulative total of Covid-19 cases and overtaken China in total Covid-19 deaths.

Most shocking of all, we have had a high rate of suicides in Malaysia as a total of 266 people committed suicide nation-wide during the movement restrictions from March 18 to October 30 last year.  This figure would have more than doubled by now.

We are fighting a losing battle in the invisible war against Covid-19 pandemic, paying heavily not only in terms of lives, but in the devastation to the  economy  and society of Malaysia.

We must turnaround the tides of war against the Covid-19 pandemic and here are ten things we should do to win the invisible but lethal war against the Covid-19 pandemic:

1.     “War mentality” by all Malaysians to unite  to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, based on a political moratorium with a single-minded focus by all in Malaysia, including the Executive and the Legislature,  that the only national priority is  to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and all other considerations must be subordinated to  this objective.

2.     End the emergency, which had been a wholesale failure as a weapon in the war against Covid-19 pandemic; convene Parliament and avoid a constitutional crisis over the ridiculous question of  what “ASAP” means to restore public confidence, trust and support of the war against Covid-19 pandemic. We must not allow those who “use democracy to kill democracy” to undermine the war effort against Covid-19 pandemic.

3.     Launch “whole-of-society” strategy and approach in the war against Covid-19, which had been noticeably absent in the 18-month Covid-19 pandemic.

4.     Use the war against the Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst to unite Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or region.

5.     End all Covid-19 SOP flip-flops, U-turns and double-standards and ensure that there is good governance, effective and efficient administration and the rule of law.

6.     Economic assistance to all vulnerable groups adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with nimble, agile and creative responses to groups in need of assistance, whether traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) practitioners who have been barred from operating during  the current movement control order or to list a second list of frontliners who are  given  priority in Covid-19 vaccination like teachers, grave-diggers, judges,  lawyers, staff of judicial and legal officers, parliamentary and state assembly personnel, staff in constituency offices of elected representatives, police and prison personnel,  teachers, students facing public examination this year, and other groups deserving to be put on the list.

7.     Effective  and efficient Find-Test-Trace-Isolate-Support (FTTIS) strategy to ensure that we are always ahead of the pandemic curve.

8.     Acceleration of the national vaccination rollout especially in view of deadly Covid-19 variants, to bring vaccine to the people especially in rural and remote areas instead of bringing people to the vaccine, by having more PPVs, mobile vaccination units and even house-to-house vaccination teams.

9.     Effective communications strategy to address vaccine hesitancy, including incentive offers to  ensure the  highest rate of  registration and vaccination.

10. Important parliamentary reforms to ensure Parliament can play as important a  role as the Executive to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

(Media Statement  by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah  on Saturday 19th June 2021)

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#kerajaaangagal123 – The PMO’s three-paragraph statement  had said more things than if it was a three-page statement

The Prime Minister’s Office’s  three-paragraph statement on the Conference of Rulers’ special meeting on Wednesday had said more things than if it was  a three-page statement.

Four days have passed, and there are no indications that there will be any emergency Cabinet meeting on the two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers’ special meeting on Wednesday: first, that Parliament  and the State Assemblies should be convened “as soon as possible” and second, there is no need for the extension of the emergency   beyond August 1, 2021.

This is the first effect of the PMO’s three-paragraph statement. It “takes note” but it does not act when action is urgently  called for.

Secondly,  it is clear that the information and advice of the Prime Minister to the  Yang di Pertuan Agong “on the course of the Covid-19 pandemic management, enforcement of the Emergency Ordinances, implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Program, economic stimulus packages and financial assistance to the people, implementation of Parliamentary sessions, the National Recovery Plan and other related matters” had not been comprehensive or satisfactory enough requiring further information and advice from other quarters, including leaders of various political parties and specialists.

Thirdly, the statement that the Government will take follow-up measures based on the Federal Constitution and national laws to uphold the views of the Yang di Pertuang Agong and the Rulers is a statement justifying “no action”, and this is why no action had been taken except for three-paragraph  PMO  statement, in the last four days.

The Health Director-General, Noor Hisham Abdullah lamented yesterday that the sense of unity among Malaysians in the fight against the  Covid-19 pandemic is still lacking –  but who is to be blamed when there is no sense of urgency in the government although we are in the midst of an invisible but lethal war against the Covid-19 pandemic?

Noor Hishan admitted that standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance among the public is still an issue today though the pandemic has been around for more than a year.

He said: “I think this is lacking because there is actually discordance in terms of our unity, instead of fighting against the virus, we are fighting against each other in terms of opinion, in terms of approach, etc.”

This should not have come as a surprise when neither the Prime Minister nor his bloated Cabinet have shown  any  sense of urgency nor any  “war mentality”: against the Covid-19 pandemic although the new  coronavirus is killing more and more Malaysians – 4,348 fatalities to date, and by next week, more will die in Malaysia than in China from the pandemic.

The Prime Minister and his Cabinet have to date refused to acknowledge that the emergency declared on January 11, 2021 to combat Covid-19 had been a dismal failure or Malaysia would not have suddenly catapulted to be one of the world’s worst performing nations in the Covid-19 pandemic while nations which had previously been regarded as the world’s worst performing nations have turned the corner and are addressing the Covid-19 in a more effective fashion as compared to Malaysia.

At the end of March last year, the world Top Ten worst countries in the Covid-19 pandemic were dominated by the United States and seven countries from Europe – namely United States, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, France, Iran, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Belgium.

Sixteen months later, the seven-nation European dominance of the Top Ten worst nations in Covid-19 pandemic has been replaced by three-nation South American dominance, namely United States, India, Brazil, France, Turkey, Russia, United Kingdom,  Argentina, Italy and Colombia.

There are now worldwide nearly 180 million Covid-19 cases and nearly  620,000 Covid-19 deaths. China, which had been No.1 nation with the most number of Covid-19 cases, is now ranked No 99 among nations with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases. China now has 91,564 Covid-19 cases and 4,636 Covid-19 deaths.

On November 18, 2020, we ranked No. 85 among countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases. Now, some seven months later, with 691,115  Covid-19 cases, we have overtaken Austria and is now ranked No. 38 among countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases.

By the end of the extension of the MCO 3.0 and the total lockout on June 28, we would have overtaken Switzerland and Serbia  to be ranked No. 36 in cumulative total of Covid-19 cases and overtaken China in total Covid-19 deaths.

When will the Muhyiddin government set an example of a “war mentality” by immediately convening Parliament and the State Assemblies and end the emergency on August 1 to set to stage for a “whole-of-society” war mobilisation of the country against Covid-19 pandemic?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Sunday, 20th June 2021)

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#Kerajaangagal124 – Attorney-General Idris Harun should resign if he could not  convince the  Prime Minister to  avoid a constitutional crisis  and co-operate with the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers to convene Parliament before August 1 to  win the war against  Covid-19 pandemic

The Attorney-General Tan Sri Idris Harun should resign if he could not convince the Prime Minister to avoid a constitutional crisis and co-operate with the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers and convene Parliament before August 1 to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Parliament is required by the Constitution to meet once in six months. As the last Parliamentary meeting was on Dec. 17, Parliament must meet by June 17, 2021.

This was however suspended by the Proclamation of Emergency on January 11, 2021 to combat the war against  Covid-19 pandemic.

If the emergency is ended on August 1, then Parliament should meet on August 2, 2021.

If emergency is extended on August 1, this would be clearly against the wishes of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers special  meeting on Wednesday, June 16, which had arrived at two conclusions: firstly, that Parliament and the various State Assemblies should meet as soon as possible; and secondly, there us need for the emergency to be extended on August 1.

The means we  are about to 41 days to an unprecedented and full-blown  constitutional crisis on August 2 if emergency is extended.

Malaysians do not  want a constitutional crisis but a single-minded national effort to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic as more than 4,000 people in Malaysia have died from the coronavirus.

Already, the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has very little credibility and legitimacy as head of government.

If he goes against wishes of the Yang di Pertuan Agong, the Rulers and the Malaysian people by insisting on a constitutional crisis instead of focussing single-mindedly on winning the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, he would end up with little credibility and legitimacy left.

The Attorney-General is the chief legal adviser of the Prime Minister.

If the Attorney-General cannot convince the Prime Minister to avoid a constitutional crisis and to co-operate with the Yang di Pertuan Agong  and the Rulers to convene Parliament before August 1 to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic, he should resign from his  office.

(Media  Conference Statement by  DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri i Lim Kit Siang after visiting the Skudaik PPV on Sunday, 20th June 2021)

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#kerajaangagal125 – Set  dates  when those above 65 years  and  60  years respectively can walk-in to any PPV centre and get Covid-19 vaccination without registration to encourage maximum vaccination of population

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We are fighting an invisible but lethal war against the Covid-19 pandemic and so far there have been more than 4,300 in Malaysia as a result of this war.

This is in fact a world war – for it has claimed more than 3.8 million lives in the whole word in the last 18 months.

We have more Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia than in South Korea, Myanmar and Thailand, and most shocking of all, by next week, Malaysia will have more deaths than China where this pandemic started 18 months ago.

China has a population of over 1.4 billion people or some 44 times Malaysia’s population of 32 million, but China’s toll from the Covid-19 pandemic stands at 4,636 deaths as compared to Malaysia’s 4,348 deaths.

This is a measure of the failure of the war against Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia in the last 18 months, and why we must reverse the tides of war against the

Covid-19 pandemic, so that life can return to normality and we can work on national economic and social recovery from the ravages of the pandemic.

There are many things we must do to turn the tides of war against Covid-19 pandemic, and two of them are:

1. Effective and efficient Find-Test-Trace-Isolate-Support (FTTIS) strategy to ensure that we are always ahead of the pandemic curve.

2. Acceleration of the national vaccination rollout especially in view of deadly Covid-19 variants, to bring vaccine to the people especially in rural and remote areas instead of bringing people to the vaccine, by having more PPVs, mobile vaccination units and even house-to-house vaccination teams.

Recently, Malaysia reported a drop in Covid-19 cases, but as the Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has rightly pointed out, the decrease in the reported daily Covid-19 cases in the past few days did not mean the situation was getting better as other publicly available data showed that there was still a high case positive rate and high fatality rates.

All it meant was that there was decreased daily testing in the same period of time.

On May 29, the reported daily cases stood at 9,020 but it had dropped to 4,949 on June 14. But on May 29, a total of 126,480 tests were conducted. In the 15 days prior to that, testing had increased by 166 percent.

Since then, both the daily reported cases and daily testing have dropped 45 and 44 per cent, respectively.

I am glad that the Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah has called on private laboratories to ramp up their testing for Covid-19 as they are operating at less than half of their maximum capacity.

This is a sad state of affairs 18 months after the Covid-19 pandemic and shows up the failure of the communications strategy in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

There is urgent need to re-strategise the war especially with regard to adopting an effective and efficient Find-Test-Trace-Isolate-Support (FTTIS) strategy to ensure that we are always ahead of the pandemic curve if we want to win this war and end the mounting casualties, in terms of case-loads and deaths.

Today, we have been offered another instance of the right hand of the Muhyiddin government not knowing what the left hand is doing.

The Minister co-ordinating vaccines Khairy Jamaluddin said he had stopped using the term “herd immunity” and he had advised the Prime Minister to be careful to use the term as looking at the data and the science, Covid-19 may very well be endemic and “we may see Covid-19 in a less threatening form, but it will stay with us for quite some time”.

Either Khairy’s advice did not reach the Prime Minister, or the Prime Minister has rejected Khairy’s advice, for Muhyiddin has reiterated that Malaysia’s target to achieve herd immunity as projected by the National Recovery Plan can be completed as scheduled following the increase in the supply of Covid-19 vaccines by the country’s major suppliers.

The Prime Minister and Khairy should straighten out the issue whether the country is going for herd immunity for vaccinating 80 per cent of the population or not, and how and when this is going to be achieved as 80% of the adult population above 18 years is only 63.8% of the Malaysian population. When will those above 12 years of age begin to be vaccinated?

The national vaccination rollout is still too low.

For a start, the national immunisation campaign should set dates when those above 65 years and 60 years respectively can walk-in to any PPV centre and get Covid-19 vaccination without registration to encourage maximum vaccination of the population.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang after the launch of antigen Covid-19 test operation in Kangkar Pulai on Sunday, June 20, 2021)

#kerajaangagal125 – tetapkan tarikh untuk mereka yang masing-masing berumur 65 dan 60 tahun ke atas boleh pergi (walk-in) ke mana-mana PPV dan mendapatkan suntikan vaksin tanpa perlu mendaftar bagi menggalakkan vaksinasi kepada seramai mungkin

Kita sedang berperang dengan Covid-19 yang merupakan musuh yang tidak dapat dilihat tetapi amat berbahaya dan setakat ini sudah lebih 4,300 orang terkorban akibat wabak ini.

Peperangan berlaku di seluruh dunia — ia telah meragut lebih daripada 3.8 juta nyawa di seluruh dunia dalam tempoh 18 bulan yang lepas.

Malaysia merekodkan kes kematian akibat Covid-19 yang lebih tinggi berbanding Korea Selatan, Myanmar, dan Thailand. Lebih mengejutkan, bermula minggu hadapan, Malaysia akan mencatatkan kes kematian yang lebih tinggi berbanding China — negara di mana Covid-19 mula-mula dikesan.

China mempunyai jumlah penduduk seramai lebih daripada 1.4 bilion atau 44 kali ganda jumlah penduduk di Malaysia yang berjumlah seramai 32 juta orang, tetapi jumlah kes kematian akibat Covid-19 yang direkodkan di China adalah sebanyak 4,636 kes berbanding Malaysia sebanyak 4,348 kes.

Ini adalah ukuran kegagalan peperangan terhadap wabak Covid-19 di Malaysia dalam tempoh 18 bulan yang lalu. Kita mesti mengubah strategi dalam peperangan melawan wabak ini, supaya kehidupan kita dapat kembali normal dan kita boleh memperbaiki keadaan sosio-ekonomi negara yang teruk terjejas akibat wabak ini.

Banyak perkara yang mesti kita lakukan bagi mengubah pendekatan dalam peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19, dua antaranya adalah:

1. Langkah Carian-Ujian-Jejak-Asingkan-Sokongan (FTTIS) yang berkesan dan efisien untuk memastikan kita berada di hadapan lengkuk penularan wabak ini; dan

2. Pemecutan pelaksanaan Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan (PICK), terutamanya memandangkan terdapat pelbagai variasi baharu yang berbahaya.

Baru-baru ini, Malaysia mencatatkan penurunan dalam jumlah kes Covid-19, namun Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata penurunan dalam jumlah kes harian Covid-19 dalam beberapa hari lalu tidak bermakna situasi semakin pulih kerana data yang tersedia kepada umum menunjukkan kadar kes positif dan kematian yang masih tinggi.

Perkara ini hanya menunjukkan terdapat penurunan kadar ujian saringan dalam tempoh ini.

Pada 29 Mei, kes harian yang dilaporkan adalah sebanyak 9,020, namun ia menurun kepada 4,949 kes pada 14 Jun. Tetapi pada 29 Mei, jumlah ujian yang dilaksanakan adalah sebanyak 126,480. Dalam 15 hari sebelum itu, kadar ujian meningkat sebanyak 166 peratus.

Sejak daripada hari tersebut, kedua-dua angka kadar kes harian dan kadar ujian saringan masing-masing menurun sebanyak 45 dan 44 peratus.

Saya gembira hati selepas membaca kenyataan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Dr Noor Hisham yang menggesa agar makmal swasta untuk menggiatkan ujian Covid-19 kerana buat masa ini mereka hanya beroperasi kurang separuh daripada kapasiti maksimum.

Dalam masa sama, perkara ini amat menyedihkan kerana selepas 18 bulan pandemik Covid-19 mengganas di negara ini, kita akhirnya nampak kegagalan strategi komunikasi dalam peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19.

Terdapat keperluan mendesak untuk menyusun semula strategi peperangan terutama berhubung penerapan langkah Carian-Ujian-Jejak-Asingkan-Sokongan (FTTIS) yang berkesan dan efisien untuk memastikan kita berada di hadapan lengkuk penularan wabak ini jika kita mahu menang dalam peperangan ini dan menamatkan jumlah korban yang meningkat, dari segi jumlah kes dan kematian.

Hari ini, kita telah diberikan contoh tangan kanan kerajaan Muhyiddin yang tidak mengetahui apa yang dilakukan oleh tangan kiri.

Menteri penyelaras vaksin, Khairy Jamaluddin berkata beliau telah berhenti menggunakan istilah “imuniti kelompok” dan telah menasihati Perdana Menteri untuk berhati-hati menggunakan istilah tersebut kerana melihat kepada data dan sains, Covid-19 berkemungkinan akan menjadi endemik dan “kita akan melihat Covid dalam bentuk kurang mengancam kekal dengan kita untuk tempoh yang lama”.

Sama ada nasihat Khairy tidak sampai kepada Perdana Menteri, atau Perdana Menteri telah menolak nasihat Khairy, kerana Muhyiddin telah mengulangi bahawa sasaran Malaysia untuk mencapai imuniti kelompok seperti diunjurkan Pelan Pemulihan Negara dapat diselesaikan seperti yang dijadualkan berikutan peningkatan bekalan Covid -19 vaksin oleh pembekal utama negara.

Perdana Menteri dan Khairy harus menjelaskan sama ada negara ini mahu mencapai sasaran imuniti kelompok dengan memberikan suntikan vaksin kepada 80 peratus penduduk atau tidak, dan bagaimana serta bilakah ini akan dicapai kerana 80% penduduk dewasa berusia 18 tahun ke atas meliputi hanya 63.8% penduduk Malaysia. Bilakah mereka yang berumur 12 tahun ke atas akan mula diberi vaksin?

Kadar pelaksanaan vaksinasi negara masih terlalu rendah.

Sebagai permulaan, kempen imunisasi kebangsaan harus menetapkan tarikh untuk mereka yang masing-masing berumur 65 tahun dan 60 tahun ke atas datang (walk-in) ke mana-mana PPV dan mendapatkan suntikan vaksin Covid-19 tanpa perlu mendaftar bagi menggalakkan vaksinasi untuk seramai yang mungkin.

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang selepas pelancaran operasi ujian antigen Covid-19 di Kangar Pulai pada Ahad 20 Jun, 2021)

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#kerajaangagal126 – It is not enough for Muhyiddin to promise to involve the Opposition in studying the reconvening of Parliament and whether it should be  hybrid Parliament form, but  he must give a commitment to convene Parliament before August 1

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It is not enough for the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to promise to involve the Opposition in the study of the reconvening of Parliament and whether it should be held in hybrid Parliament mode, but he must give a commitment to convene Parliament before August 1 to assure the nation that the Executive is not sabotaging the hopes of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister’s undertaking will be meaningless if Parliament is only convened in September or October under Phase 3 of the National Recovery Plan, subject to three conditions: an average of less than 2,000 Covid-19 cases daily, sufficient ICU capacity and up to 40 percent of the population fully vaccinated.

What if one of these three conditions are not met, is Parliament to be suspended indefinitely?

The learned President of the Senate, Rais Yatim, has gone even further. He said that the Emergency Ordinance 2021 gives the king authority to recall Parliament.

There is nothing for the Members Parliament, whether from the government or the opposition, to “evaluate” whether Parliament should meet before August 1, as Parliament is required to meet once in six months, the last date Parliament met being Dec. 17, 2020 although this had been unconstitutionally suspended by the current emergency.

It is unfortunate that the Senate President seems to be more vocal and articulate on the rights and privileges of Parliament than the Speaker of Parliament – which is the first time in the nation’s 64-year history and most uncommon in Commonwealth parliamentary practices.

I call on the Speaker of Parliament to represent the MPs to the Executive and not represent the Executive in Parliament.

Why is the Prime Minister shy in giving a commitment to convene Parliament before

August 1?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri in Gelang Patah on Monday, June 21, 2021)

#kerajaangagal126 — Tidak cukup untuk Muhyiddin hanya menjanjikan untuk melibatkan Pembangkang dalam mengkaji pembukaan semula Parlimen dan sama ada ia akan diadakan dalam bentuk hibrid, sebaliknya beliau perlu memberikan komitmen bahawa Parlimen akan dipanggil bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos

Tidak cukup untuk Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, untuk hanya menjanjikan untuk melibatkan Pembangkang dalam mengkaji pembukaan semula Parlimen dan sama ada ia akan diadakan dalam bentuk hibrid, sebaliknya beliau perlu memberikan komitmen bahawa Parlimen akan dipanggil bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos untuk menunjukkan yang pihak Eksekutif tidak cuba untuk sabotaj harapan Yang di Pertuan Agong dan Majlis Raja-raja untuk kita semua menang melawan Covid-19.

Janji Perdana Menteri ini tidak bermakna apa-apa sekiranya Parlimen hanya akan dipanggil bersidang semula pada bulan September atau Oktober di bawah Fasa 3 Pelan Pemulihan Negara, yang tertakluk kepada tiga syarat: secara purata, kurang daripada 2,000 kes Covid-19 dicatatkan setiap hari, jumlah kapasiti katil unit rawatan rapi mula mencukupi, dan sehingga 40% populasi dalam negara telah diberikan vaksin sepenuhnya.

Bagaimana sekiranya salah satu daripada keadaan ini tidak dicapai? Adakah Parlimen akan digantung selamanya?

Malah, Yang di Pertua Dewan Negara telah melangkah lebih jauh ke hadapan. Beliau telah mengatakan yang Ordinan Darurat 2021 memberikan kuasa kepada Yang di Pertuan Agong untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen.

Tidak ada apa-apa untuk mana-mana Ahli Parlimen, baik daripada pihak Kerajaan mahupun Pembangkang, “nilai” mengenai sama ada Parlimen patut bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos, memandangkan Parlimen perlu bersidang sekurang-kurangnya sekali dalam tempoh masa enam bulan. Kali terakhir Parlimen bersidang adalah pada 17 Disember 2020, dan persidangan ini telah ditangguhkan melalui penggantungan sidang yang tidak sah secara perlembagaan.

Amat malang sekali apabila Yang di Pertua Dewan Negara kelihatan lebih berani dan faham mengenai hak-hak dan keistimewaan Parlimen berbanding dengan Yang di Pertua Dewan Rakyat — satu perkara yang mencipta sejarah dalam 64 tahun sejarah negara kita, dan semestinya menjadi suatu perkara baharu dalam sejarah sistem berparlimen Komanwel.

Saya seru Yang di Pertua Dewan Rakyat untuk mewakili kepentingan Ahli-ahli Parlimen terhadap pihak Eksekutif, dan bukannya menjadi wakil pihak Eksekutif di Parlimen.

Mengapakah Perdana Menteri kelihatan seperti segan-segan untuk memberikan komitmen untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen sebelum 1 Ogos?

(Kenyataan media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 21 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal127 –PAS Ministers  opposing the two conclusions of the  Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Special Conference of Rulers meeting on Covid-19  pandemic is consistent with  PAS’ reservations about the five nation-building principles of  Rukunegara

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So far, only two PAS Ministers have come out with public positions contradictory to the two conclusions of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Special Conference of Rulers meeting on Covid-19: firstly, Parliament and the State Assemblies should be convened as soon as possible, and secondly, there is no need for the emergency to extend beyond August 1, 2021.

It has not come as a surprise that PAS Ministers oppose the two conclusions of the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Special Conference of Rulers meeting on June 16, 2021 as this is consistent with PAS’ reservations about the five nation-building principles of Rukun Negara.

But the PAS Ministers have ingeniously expressed their disagreement not with a frontal attack but a flank approach claiming that the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers were in fact supporting the National Recovery Plan, and as the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Takiyuddin Hassan said, endorsing the Prime Minister’s plan to convene Parliament in September.

The other PAS member of the Cabinet, Minister for Environment and Water, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, claimed that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s opinion that Parliament should reconvene as soon as possible is in line with Putrajaya’s efforts.

The problem is that nobody apart from PAS Ministers and leaders think so.

The two statements issued after the Conference of Rulers special meeting on 16th June 2021 were very clear as they did not even endorse the National Recovery Plan announced by the Prime Minister on the eve of the Conference of Rulers special meeting. The only reference to the National Recovery Plan was that it should be debated in Parliament.

If this is a wrong interpretation of PAS’ position on the Conference of Rulers special meeting, then let the PAS leadership come out with a categorical and unambiguous stand that PAS supports the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers in wanting Parliament to meet before August 1 and that there is no need for an extension of emergency beyond August 1.

Would the PAS leadership issue such a statement?

There are no signs that the Prime Minister would convene an emergency Cabinet meeting to comply with the two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting last Wednesday.

All that the Prime Minister has said is that the Opposition would be involved in the study of the reconvening of Parliament and whether it should be held in hybrid Parliament mode.

This is not good enough as the Prime Minister must give a commitment to convene Parliament before August 1 to assure the nation that the Executive is doing the utmost to comply with the two conclusions of the Conference of Rulers special meeting last Wednesday.

Or will the Cabinet on Wednesday overrule the Prime Minister on this issue and come out with a clear declaration that the Cabinet supports the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Rulers on the convening of Parliament before August and the ending of the present emergency?

The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has just announced a half-month delay in the Phase One of the National Recovery Plan when he revealed that the country is estimated to fully vaccinate 10 percent of the population in the country by mid-July instead of the end of June, holding back the transition to Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan.

With so many variables in play, it would not be surprising if Phase 3 when Parliament is supposed to be convened, would face considerable delays.

The Prime Minister’s undertaking without a clear commitment for the convening of Parliament before August 1 will be meaningless and I call on the Prime Minister to make a categorical and unqualified statement that Parliament will be convened before August 1, 2021.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, June 21, 2021)

#kerajaangagal127 — Menteri-menteri PAS menentang kesimpulan kenyataan Yang di Pertuan Agong dan Mesyuarat Majlis Raja-raja selari dengan kesangsian PAS terhadap kelima-lima prinsip pembinaan negara bangsa dalam Rukun Negara

Setakat ini, hanya dua orang Menteri PAS yang telah menyatakan pendirian secara terbuka yang bertentangan dengan kesimpulan daripada kenyataan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di Pertuan Agong dan mesyuarat Majlis Raja-raja mengenai Covid-19 iaitu bahawa: pertamanya Parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri hendaklah bersidang semula secepat mungkin dan kedua, tidak ada keperluan untuk darurat dilanjutkan selepas 1 Ogos 2021.

Hakikat di mana dua orang Menteri PAS yang menentang kesimpulan ini tidak mengejutkan memandangkan PAS memang kelihatan sangsi terhadap kelima-lima prinsip pembinaan negara bangsa dalam Rukun Negara.

Tetapi, PAS cuba menunjukkan ketidaksetujuan mereka secara bersorok-sorok dengan mendakwa bahawa Yang di Pertuan Agong dan Raja-raja Melayu menyokong Pelan Pemulihan Negara, dan seperti yang dikatakan oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Takiyuddin Hassan, katakan, juga menyokong rancangan Perdana Menteri untuk memanggil semula sidang Parlimen pada bulan September.

Ahli PAS yang lain dalam Kabinet, Menteri Air dan Alam Sekitar, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, mendakwa bahawa pendapat baginda yang mengatakan Parlimen perlu bersidang semula secepat mungkin adalah selari dengan usaha Putrajaya.

Masalahnya, tidak ada sesiapa pun selain PAS yang berfikiran begini.

Dua kenyataan yang dikeluarkan selepas mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja pada 16 Jun 2021 sangatlah jelas memandangkan kenyataan ini tidak pun menyatakan sebarang bentuk sokongan kepada Pelan Pemulihan Negara yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri pada saat akhir sebelum Mesyuarat Khas Majlis Raja-raja. Pelan tersebut hanya disebut supaya ia dibahaskan dalam Parlimen.

Sekiranya ini adalah satu tafsiran yang salah terhadap pendirian PAS mengenai mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja, pimpinan PAS patut menjelaskan secara terbuka dan dengan jelas mengatakan yang PAS menyokong kenyataan Yang di Pertuan dan Raja-raja Melayu dan mahukan Parlimen untuk bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos dan tidak ada keperluan untuk darurat dilanjutkan selepas 1 Ogos.

Adakah pimpinan PAS akan mengeluarkan kenyataan sebegitu?

Setakat ini, belum ada tanda-tanda yang mengatakan Perdana Menteri akan memanggil mesyuarat tergempar Kabinet untuk mematuhi kesimpulan mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja pada Rabu lepas.

Perdana Menteri hanya mengatakan yang pihak Pembangkang akan dilibatkan dalam kajian mengenai persidangan semula Parlimen dan sama ada sidang Parlimen ini akan dijalankan dalam bentuk hibrid.

Perkara ini tidak memadai kerana Perdana Menteri perlu memberikan jaminan bahawa Parlimen akan bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos untuk memberikan keyakinan kepada negara bahawa pihak Eksekutif sedang melakukan segalanya yang boleh untuk menghormati kesimpulan mesyuarat khas Majlis Raja-raja Rabu lepas.

Atau adakah Kabinet akan berbeza pendapat dengan Perdana Menteri dalam perkara ini dan menyatakan dengan jelas yang mereka menyokong Yang di Pertuan Agong dan Raja-raja Melayu dalam perkara ini?

Menteri Koordinasi Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan (PICK) Khairy Jamaluddin baru sahaja mengumumkan kelewatan setengah bulan dalam Fasa Pertama Pelan Pemulihan Negara apabila beliau mendedahkan bahawa 10% populasi hanya akan menerima vaksinasi penuh menjelang pertengahan bulan Julai dan bukannya pada akhir bulan Jun, melengahkan Fasa 2 Pelan Pemulihan Negara ini.

Dengan sebegitu banyak perkara yang boleh berubah, tidak mengejutkan sekiranya Fasa 3 di mana Parlimen dijangka akan dipanggil bersidang juga akan berhadapan dengan kelewatan.

Janji Perdana Menteri tanpa sebarang komitmen yang jelas untuk memanggil sidang Parlimen sebelum 1 Ogos ini tidak mempunyai sebarang makna, dan saya seru Perdana Menteri untuk membuat kenyataan tanpa bersyarat bahawa Parlimen akan bersidang sebelum 1 Ogos 2021.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 21 Jun 2021)

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#kerajaangagal128 – A day of national shame when the daily increase of new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia exceeds that of  the United States of America

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It is a day of national shame when the daily increase of new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia exceeds that of the United States of America.

Yesterday, Malaysia had an increase of 5,293 new Covid-19 cases, while the United States of America, the world’s worst performing state with a cumulative total of 34.4 million cases and 617,166 Covid-19 deaths, had an increase of 4,422 new Covid-19 cases – some 1,500 cases less than Malaysia.

For many months, Malaysians had been laughing at the United States for its atrocious handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially under the presidency of

Donald Trump.

Now we have become the laughing stock of the world, as we have suddenly catapulted to become one of the worst performing nations in the world in handling the Covid-19 pandemic, while nations like the United States and the European nations have made the transition to better performing nations in handling the Covid-19 pandemic.

When the United States reached its peak of daily increase of new Covid-19 cases on January 30, 2021 it had 305,067 new cases. Malaysia on that day had 2,643 cases.

Yesterday, the daily increase of new Covid-19 cases in the United States dropped drastically by 98.5% from the peak of 305,067 cases to 4,422 cases while we in Malaysia increased from 2,643 new cases on that day to 5,293 new cases – an increase of 224%!

Yet we have leaders who claim that the emergency declared on January 11, 2021 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic is a success.

We cannot have people at the helm who refuses to admit the truth, that we are losing the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and we need a superhuman effort to turn the tides of defeat to victory to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

What we need now is a new war mode and mentality, restoring public trust and confidence in the handling of the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and uniting Malaysians regardless of race, religion, region or politics, in a single-minded focus in the next one or two years to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is why there is an urgent need for a political moratorium to put aside all political differences and let the best and brightest of Malaysians to step forward to win the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, June 21, 2021)

#kerajaangagal128 – Hari yang memalukan buat negara apabila Malaysia mengatasi Amerika Syarikat dalam jumlah kes baharu Covid-19

Hari yang memalukan buat negara apabila Malaysia mengatasi Amerika Syarikat dalam jumlah kes baharu Covid-19.

Semalam, Malaysia merekodkan 5,293 kes baharu Covid-19, sementara Amerika Syarikat — negara yang menunjukkan prestasi terburuk dengan kes kumulatif sebanyak 34.4 juta dan 617,166 kematian — merekodkan kes baharu sebanyak 4,422 kes — kurang hampir 1,500 kes berbanding Malaysia.

Untuk berbulan-bulan lamanya, rakyat Malaysia memandang rendah Amerika Syarikat yang dilihat gagal mengendalikan pandemik Covid-19, terutama semasa Donald Trump menjadi presiden negara tersebut.

Sekarang, kita pula yang dipandang rendah oleh masyarakat dunia, kerana menjadi salah satu negara yang mempunyai prestasi terburuk dalam mengendalikan wabak Covid-19, sementara Amerika Syarikat dan negara-negara lain di benua Eropah menunjukkan prestasi yang semakin baik dalam mengendalikan wabak tersebut.

Amerika Syarikat merekodkan 305,067 kes baharu sewaktu negara itu mencapai puncak jangkitan Covid-19 pada 30 Januari 2021. Malaysia ketika itu mencatatkan 2,643 kes baharu.

Semalam, kes harian baharu Covid-19 di Amerika Syarikat menurun dengan ketara sebanyak 98.5% daripada puncak 205,067 kes kepada 4,422 kes, sementara Malaysia pula menyaksikan peningkatan daripada 2,643 kes baharu pada hari tersebut kepada 5,923 kes baharu semalam — peningkatan sebanyak 224%!

Pun begitu, masih ada pemimpin yang mendakwa Proklamasi Darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 untuk membendung wabak Covid-19 kononnya telah berjaya.

Pemimpin sewajarnya tidak takut untuk mengakui kebenaran bahawa kita sebenarnya telah tewas dalam peperangan melawan Covid-19 dan kita memerlukan usaha yang luar biasa untuk merubah strategi bagi memenangi peperangan ini.

Apa yang diperlukan sekarang adalah mentaliti seolah-olah negara sedang berperang, mengembalikan keyakinan dan kepercayaan masyarakat terhadap pengendalian perang melawan wabak Covid-19 serta menyatukan semua rakyat Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum, agama, wilayah atau politik, dalam satu tumpuan utama baik untuk satu atau dua tahun yang akan datang bagi memenangi peperangan ini.

Ini sebab mengapa perlunya moratorium politik supaya semua pihak dapat mengetepikan perbezaan politik buat sementara waktu bagi memberi ruang kepada rakyat Malaysia yang cerdas dan pintar untuk menyinar dan menggalas tugas bagi memenangkan peperangan melawan pandemik Covid-19.

(Kenyataan Media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 21 Jun 2021)

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