The Veveonah 24-hour “tree-top girl” episode has provided a rare glimpse of the shambolic governance of the kakistocratic Muhyiddin government, where there is no understanding of collective Cabinet responsibility and where no Minister dare to exercise discipline over his Deputy Minister


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The Veveonah 24-hour “tree-top girl” episode has provided a rare glimpse of the shambolic governance of the kakistocratic Muhyiddin government, where there is no understanding of collective Cabinet responsibility and where no Minister dare to exercise discipline over his Deputy Minister.

This is the result of the highly opportunistic and unprincipled backdoor government, which was formed with the sole purpose of betraying the mandate of the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018 for change and reform and the toppling of the legitimate Pakatan Harapan government.

The country should have been elated by the YouTube feat of plucky 18-year-old student from Kampung Sapatalang in Pitas who had dramatically highlighted the problem of digital divide in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia (a worldwide problem which must be resolved by the government of the day), and which had received to date over 790,000 views.

Instead we have the tragic-comedy of dishonesty and lies by two Deputy Ministers, with the Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abdin attacking Veveonah Mosibin in the Senate of lying when she did a YouTube in June of her 24 hours on top of a tree to sit for an examination because of poor internet connectivity, backed by the Deputy Finance Minister who is MP for Kudat, Abdul Rahim Bakri, who posted on his Facebook a false account of Veveonah’s treetop feat and launched an attack on Veveonah’s family.

Abdul Rahim deleted his Facebook post when Vevonah’s brother, Mekvin came to the defence of his sister – showing that the Deputy Finance Minister was unable to stand up to the public questioning of his own constituents.

But what must take the cake for the whole episode was the tweet by the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Khairy Jamaluddin, who tweeted that the Cabinet yesterday “took note” that the statements of the two deputy ministers were “incorrect and inappropriate” when the real issue is Internet access and other basic facilities specifically in the interior.

No punitive action but just “take note”? What a pathetic Cabinet!

What to expect when we have a three-term MP who is a deputy Finance Minister to an unelected Finance Minister, and an UMNO Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister who regards his Minister as a traitor to the UMNO cause?

It provided a rare glimpse of the shambolic governance of the kakistocratic Muhyiddin government whose Cabinet for the first time had to discuss the sins and peccadilloes of Deputy Ministers – which no Cabinet had to do before.

This is the outcome when the government was formed by the most opportunistic coalition and led by the weakest Prime Minister in the nation’s history, with no understanding of collective Cabinet responsibility and where no Minister dare to exercise discipline over his Deputy Minister.

This was why a Cabinet Minister could violate the Covid-19 quarantine SOP on his return from Turkey on July 7, and could continue to strut around the country as no other Minister from another political party dare to raise the issue in Cabinet or the government will fall.

Only the insufferable misconduct of two Deputy Ministers was a bridge too far and it was discussed in the Cabinet but what is noteworthy is that no punitive action was taken against the two Deputy Ministers, only a Cabinet statement that their conduct was “incorrect and inappropriate”.

The Bersatu secretary-general and Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin, said “PN” stands for “Penyselamat Negara”. I do not think PN Ministers and leaders would agree, as they know privately that “PN” stands for “Pengkhianat Negara”!

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah Lim Kit Siang on Thursday, September 10, 2020)

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Episod 24 jam di atas pokok Veveonah telah memberikan pendedahan kepada pentadbiran kakistokrasi Muhyiddin yang kucar-kacir, di mana tidak ada pemahaman terhadap konsep tanggungjawab bersama Kabinet dan di mana tidak ada Menteri yang berani mendisiplinkan timbalannya

Episod 24 jam di atas pokok yang dilalui oleh Veveonah ini telah memberikan kita peluang untuk melihat ke dalam pentadbiran kakistokrasi kerajaan Muhyiddin yang kucar-kacir, di mana tidak ada pemahaman konsep tanggungjawab bersama dalam Kabinet dan di mana tidak ada seorang pun Menteri yang berani mendisiplinkan timabalannya.

Inilah hasil pembentukan kerajaan pintu belakang yang oportunis dan tidak bertanggungjawab, yang dibentuk semata-mata untuk menumbangkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan dan mengkhianati mandat yang diberikan oleh rakyat dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 pada 9 Mei 2018, di mana rakyat mengundi untuk perubahan dan reformasi.

Seluruh negara seharusnya berbangga dengan kejayaan seorang pelajar yang berusia 18 tahun dari Kampung Sapatalang di Pitas, Sabah, yang berjaya mengetengahkan isu jurang digital di Sabah, Sarawak, dan seluruh Malaysia (satu masalah yang dihadapi di seluruh dunia dan harus diselesaikan oleh kerajaan) melalui saluran Youtube beliau yang kini telah mencatatkan lebih daripada 790,000 tontonan.

Disebaliknya, apa yang kita dapat adalah satu komedi tragis yang penuh dengan ketidak-jujuran dan penipuan daripada dua orang timbalan menteri, Timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Zahidi Zainul Abidin di dalam Dewan Negara telah menuduh Veveonah Mosibin menipu di dalam video mengenai pengalaman beliau menduduki peperiksaan atas talian di atas pokok bagi mendapatkan sambungan internet yang baik, dan perkara ini kemudiannya disokong oleh Timbalan Menteri Kewangan yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Kudat yang mengulangi tuduhan tidak ini di laman Facebook beliau.

Abdul Rahim kemudiannya memadan catatan Facebook ini apabila abang kepada Veveonah, Mekvin, yang mempertahankan adiknya — menunjukkan yang Timbalan Menteri Kewangan ini tidak mampu mempertahankan pendirian beliau.

Namun, isu yang paling besar sekali adalah ciapan daripada Menteri Sains, Teknologi, dan Inovasi, Khairy Jamaluddin yang mengatakan Kabinet telah “mengambil maklum” kenyataan kedua timbalan menteri tersebut dan bersetuju yang ianya tidak tepat dan tidak patut dikeluarkan, sedangkan isu yang patut dibincangkan adalah akses internet dan infrastruktur asas, terutamanya di kawasan pedalaman.

Tiada sebarang hukuman setimpal, hanya “ambil maklum”? Lemah sungguh Kabinet ini!

Apa yang kita jangkakan daripada seorang Ahli Parlimen yang telah berkhidmat selama tiga penggal sebagai timbalan kepada seorang Menteri Kewangan yang tidak diundi, dan seorang timbalan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia daripada UMNO yang melihat Menteri beliau sebagai seorang pengkhianat kepada perjuangan UMNO?

Perkara ini telah memberikan satu peluang untuk kita melihat ke dalam pentadbiran kucar-kacir kakistokrasi Muhyiddin, yang buat pertamanya kalinya dalam sejarah, terpaksa membincangkan salah laku timbalan-timbalan menterinya.

Inilah hasilnya apabila kerajaan ditubuhkan oleh satu gabungan oportunis dan dipimpin oleh Perdana Menteri yang paling lemah dalam sejarah negara, di mana tidak ada pemahaman konsep tanggungjawab bersama dalam Kabinet di mana tidak ada seorang pun menterinya berani untuk mendisiplinkan timbalannya sendiri.

Kerana inilah seorang Menteri Kabinet boleh mengingkari SOP Kuarantin Covid-19 sejurus selepas pulang daripada satu lawatan ke Turki pada 7 Julai, dan kemudiannya boleh terus meneruskan kehidupan seakan-akan beliau tidak melakukan apa-apa kesalahan kerana tidak ada mana-mana menteri lain yang berani membangkitkan isu ini kerana risau kerajaan mereka akan tumbang.

Hanya tindakan melampau dua orang timbalan menteri ini sahaja yang pernah dibincangkan oleh Kabinet, itupun tanpa sebarang tindakan disiplin, hanya kenyataan yang mengatakan perbuatan mereka ini “tidak tepat dan tidak patut”.

Setiausaha Agung Bersatu merangkap Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hamzah Zainuddin mengatakan PN adalah singkatan kepada “Penyelamat Negara”. Saya tidak percaya yang menteri dan pemimpin PN bersetuju, saya pasti mereka sedar secara dalaman yang PN adalah singkatan kepada “Pengkhianat Negara”!

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Khamis 10 September 2020)

  1. #1 by Godfather on Thursday, 10 September 2020 - 10:55 am

    Kit, somebody said DAP owns the tree that allowed the girl to get better Internet reception. Suggest that you quickly deny this before some idiots rush to chop down the tree… 🤣🤣🤣

  2. #2 by Bigjoe on Thursday, 10 September 2020 - 12:03 pm

    It’s all DAP fault obviously, LGE and DAP ministers conspired to set high standards that Veveonah try to aspire making it impossible for low qualification ministers to not look dumb by their failures.. How dare DAP and Veveonah to be good and honest at what they do.. How do unqualified and parasitic politicians suppose to make fame, fortune and power with high standards?

  3. #3 by Bigjoe on Saturday, 12 September 2020 - 5:26 am

    So, the minister apologised promised to act on Sabah Internet connectivity but the roads and economy in Pitas still will be bad. Its a very small moral victory.

    The PN govt is a weak one no doubt but will a MN govt be better? KJ pointed out that there are no other good PM among those in line for the job. They are feudal parties and without a strong PM, UMNO-PAS will also not govern well.

    It feels like Malaysia is in a period of Warring States and yet the opposition who are more cohesive cannot take advantage and rise..

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