Umno VP: The era of the Federal Govt calling the shots is over
The days of the Federal Government laying down the law of the land may well be over, says Umno vice president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (pic).
(The Star) – He said this was apparent in the fact that nine states have decided not to follow the government’s advisory to relax measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic under the “conditional movement control order (MCO)” that went into effect today (May 4).
The former Johor mentri besar said the Putrajaya decision to “restart” almost all economic sectors through the conditional MCO has received differing reactions, with some unexpected decisions coming from several state governments.
“Most of these state governments decided not to follow the Federal Government’s advisory.
“These states have decided to take precautionary measures by not allowing business and trade sectors to be operational as advised as there is no ‘soft landing exit strategy’, ” he said in a statement here Monday (May 4).
Khaled said even if the Federal Government’s decision was made based on the best scientific advice that in turn was based on convincing data, the enforcement strategy was not “clean and inclusive”.
He singled out the failure of a “senior minister in charge of economic affairs” as a problem.
