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KUALA LUMPUR (SIN CHEW DAILY / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysian rulers have expressly rejected Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s “emergency decree”.
The prime minister’s excuse is that the government wants all political activities to stop so as not to interrupt the government’s effort to combat the coronavirus without negatively affecting the country’s economy.
That proposal says a lot about the political dilemma the prime minister finds himself in. If Parliament does not approve the 2021 budget to be presented on November 6, Parliament runs the risk of dissolution.
In comparison, His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong believes that the emergency declaration should take into account several factors, such as the country’s constitutional monarchy and the parliamentary democracy system, as well as international perception, the country’s global image and concerns. of foreign investors.
Furthermore, the measure may also affect the national economy and the confidence of Malaysians and as such the proposal has been rejected.
The Malaysian king and rulers have made it very clear that they want to contain the coronavirus outbreak, revive the economy and stabilize the political situation.
They do not want to get involved in the political disputes between Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional (PN).
Given the fact that the Muhyiddin government is extremely weak and may have to deal with a possible risk of collapse from time to time, for the sake of political stability, His Majesty has ordered all parties to stop their political struggles and focus on the most relevant and priority issues. Problems encountered by the nation.
Muhyiddin’s plan to declare a state of emergency under the pretext of containing the virus has sparked a tremendous backlash among opposition MPs, as well as some Umno leaders and most social media users.
The Malaysian rulers have seen all this. While they support the government led by Muhyiddin, they must also listen to the voices of the people.
On this particular issue, the King and the Malaysian rulers have offered Mr. Muhyiddin a solution to reassert his administration while rejecting the “emergency decree” hated by many organizations and Malaysians in general.
As for the opposition, while they have successfully baffled the prime minister’s credibility in this incident, they should also listen to His Majesty’s advice to stop the vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin in the next parliamentary session and support the 2021 Budget of the government of the PN.
Mr. Muhyiddin called a special cabinet meeting on Friday (October 23) and then rushed to Istana Abdulaziz in Kuantan with several cabinet ministers to have an audience with His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong to prove that he really was sincere in declaring a state of emergency to contain the virus.
The King did not want this issue to drag on for too long and cause panic among the people, so he chaired a meeting of the Malay Rulers Conference the next day and came out with the decision not to comply with the Prime Minister’s request to declare an emergency. .
Muhyiddin should draw a valuable lesson from this incident not to proclaim something to the world before it becomes a reality, as did the leader of the opposition, Anwar Ibrahim, who held a press conference in a hurry before being sure how many people actually they would support it.
Sin Chew Daily is a member of the media partner of The Straits Times Asia News Network, an alliance of 24 media organizations.
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