{"id":41493,"date":"2020-10-07T06:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/?p=41493"},"modified":"2020-10-07T06:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:49:44","slug":"last-night-muhyiddin-gave-his-worst-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/last-night-muhyiddin-gave-his-worst-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Last night, Muhyiddin gave his worst speech."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin pauses during the launching of ASEAN SME Showcase and Conference (ASSC) 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on May 25, 2015. The Malaysian Insider\/Najjua Zulkefli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin must have attracted record viewership in his live Facebook address yesterday, but it was the worst live speech he had made since becoming \u201cbackdoor\u201d Prime Minister on March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adverse, anxious and  angry reactions were immediate on the social media when he referred to himself as \u201cAbah\u201d and jokingly  threatened to \u201cuse the cane\u201d if people won\u2019t comply with the government\u2019s SOP to curb the disease \u2013 as it was as plain as day that he was guilty of \u201cdouble standards\u201d while proclaiming that there would be \u201cno double standards\u201d over the Covid-19 SOP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public anger was palpable as a one-year old child was reported dead from Covid-19, the youngest to die from the outbreak in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The youngest casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I agree with the Director-General of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah that Malaysians should  not let frontliners\u2019 efforts go to waste and come together to fight the common enemy rather than \u201ccontinue to cry over the spilled milk over and over again\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DG Hisham says don’t cry over spilt milk, but we need to know whether the government and #klustermenteri has learned from their mistakes. <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But what is done about the \u201cspilled milk\u201d is a gauge as to whether the government is going to learn from its mistakes and begin to deal with its trust deficit in the country and start to  be inspirational examples to unite all Malaysians in an all-out war against the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not only did he (Trump)  not fear Covid-19, but he didn\u2019t fear passing it on everyone in his vicinity. That\u2019s not bravery, it\u2019s sociopathy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is a blessing that we do not have a Donald Trump as Prime Minister, who  staged a reckless departure from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center yesterday, telling his followers the virus that dangerously deprived him of oxygen and hospitalized him for 72 hours was nothing to fear before peeling off his mask  on the White House balcony. This has led one correspondent to comment: \u201cNot only did he (Trump)  not fear Covid-19, but he didn\u2019t fear passing it on everyone in his vicinity. That\u2019s not bravery, it\u2019s sociopathy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is somewhat tragic that the only person in the government whom the people trust on the Covid-19 issue is the Health Director-General, who had to soldier on to conduct live press conference from home while under quarantine \u2013 as  the Health Minister had delivered a self knockout  with his unimaginable utterings after being sworn in as Minister in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noor Hisham wrote in his Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere do we want to be? We need to decide either to come together, be united and be stronger to fight the common enemy or continue to cry over the spilled milk over and over again when the numbers are increasing. Our frontliners are already on the ground with their sweat and tears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Noor Hisham also noted that as Malaysia enters its 10th month since the first Covid-19 case was registered here, \u201ccontrolling large-scale community transmission is the country\u2019s top priority\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need strong solidarity and unity, together we can better fight against this common enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noor Hisham is right, especially at a time when there is an exponential surge of Covid-19 cases nationwide, with the country recording a new record-high of 691 cases yesterday,  bringing the country to 2,936 Covid-19 patients under treatment \u2013 the worst level since April 5, when there were 2,595 active cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Malaysians have a right to expect better performances from our Ministers, although the Cabinet has now  been immobilized by Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyidden must impress on his Ministers the urgency to restore public trust and confidence in the war against Covid-19 virus and government leaders must stop exhorting the people to comply with the Covid-19 SOP while they themselves are not prepared to comply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a first step, Muhyiddin should ensure that the Chief Minister and Mentri-Menteri  Besar of  Pakatan Rakyat states of Penang, Selangor and Negri Sembilan are not excluded in the next meeting of the National Security Council meeting on Covid-19!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lim Kit Siang,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MP for Iskandar Puteri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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