Darurat gagal selamatkan nyawa dan ekonomi, kata Najib Razak
Bringing down the government so that Pakatan Harapan can take over with the help of Umno is NOT going to bring the Covid-19 statistics down. The truth is, the Covid-19 cases and deaths can be reduced if Malaysians can be more disciplined. The problem is, Malaysians are not disciplined — and, when they suffer, they always blame the government for their own stubbornness, mistakes and weaknesses.
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Raja Petra Kamarudin
What former Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said about the number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia is true (READ BELOW). However, to say that the government has failed or that the government is a “Kerajaan Gagal” because of it is an exaggeration.
If Malaysia is a “Kerajaan Gagal” because of the number of Covid-19 cases, and because of the impact to the economy, then the entire world has “Kerajaan Gagal”. Not a single country in the world has “Kerajaan Berjaya”. In fact, other countries would have “Kerajaan Lebih Gagal”.
READ MORE HERE: Coronavirus: How the pandemic has changed the world economy
Malaysia’s 662,457 Covid-19 cases and 4,000 deaths is worrying, no doubt, but it is still far lower per capita than, for example, the UK, which recorded 4.6 million cases and 128,000 deaths (some news reports say it could even be about 150,000 deaths because a number of “old age deaths” in care homes were not recorded as Covid-19 deaths).
What Najib should do instead is to tell Malaysians to stay home, observe social distancing, wear a double-layer mask, and do not boycott the vaccination program. That would help keep the figures down.
Screaming “Kerajaan Gagal” instead of advising the rakyat about what they should be doing is not helping. That is just politicking.
Bringing down the government so that Pakatan Harapan can take over with the help of Umno is NOT going to bring the Covid-19 statistics down. The truth is, the Covid-19 cases and deaths can be reduced if Malaysians can be more disciplined. The problem is, Malaysians are not disciplined — and, when they suffer, they always blame the government for their own stubbornness, mistakes and weaknesses.
Look at the following statistics. Is this because “Kerajaan Gagal” or because “Rakyat Gagal”? Do you think ousting the Perikatan Nasional government so that Pakatan Harapan can take over with the help of Umno is going to solve these problems as well? And these problems are worse than the Covid-19 problem.
OTHER CAUSES OF DEATHS ARE FAR HIGHER THAN THE COVID-19 DEATHS
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(Malaysiakini) – Bekas perdana menteri, Najib Razak hari ini mengemukakan dua graf bagi pendapatan bulanan purata pekerja sektor pembuatan Malaysia bagi membuktikan bahawa pendapatan bulanan pekerja semakin turun sejak darurat dilaksanakan.
Berdasarkan, data rasmi terbaru dikeluarkan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) dan Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia (DOSM), katanya graf jelas menunjukkan pendapatan bulanan pekerja semakin terjejas.
“Semasa membuat darurat, Menteri Perikatan Nasional (PN) beri tahu kita bahawa matlamat perlaksanaan darurat ialah untuk selamatkan nyawa dan ekonomi.
“Tapi saya tengok darurat tak berjaya selamatkan pendapatan dan ekonomi rakyat.
“Malah ia lagi gagal untuk selamatkan nyawa memandangkan 555 kematian dicatat dalam tempoh lapan bulan pandemik tanpa darurat tetapi 3,413 nyawa telah terkorban setakat ini dalam tempoh lima bulan darurat.
“Nyawa tak selamat. Ekonomi juga tak diselamatkan. Jadi, apa gunanya perlaksanaan darurat ini?” soalnya dalam satu hantaran di Facebook, hari ini.
Pada 8 April lalu, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Tugas-tugas Khas), Mohd Redzuan Mohd Yusof, dilaporkan berkata proklamasi darurat yang diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari lalu bukan untuk menyelamatkan pemimpin atau parti politik tertentu.
Sebaliknya, katanya, ia amat penting bagi melandaikan keluk jangkitan Covid-19 yang membimbangkan kerajaan ketika itu dan memberikan perimbangan kepada nyawa manusia dan ekonomi negara.
Mengulas lanjut, Najib menyoal sama ada jika menteri PN telah mengeluarkan berita palsu.
“Graf di bawah pula ialah data yang sama bagi tempoh dari tahun 2010 hingga April 2021.
“Amat pelik bahawa trend kenaikan gaji amat konsisten dan ketara sepanjang zaman ekonomi Malaysia telah kononnya dijahanamkan oleh ‘perompak, penyamun, pencuri’.
“Tapi selepas PRU14, gaji semakin turun pula – termasuk dalam tempoh 22 bulan tanpa pandemik.
“Ajaib, kan?’ tulisnya lagi.
