Would the 66th PAS National Delegates Assembly have ignored Khairuddin’s violation of Covid 19 quarantine SOP if he had not donated RM50,000 to his party?


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Would the 66th PAS National Delegates Assembly have ignored PAS Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Khairuddin Aman Razali’s violation of Covid 19 quarantine SOP when he returned from Turkey on July 7, if he had not donated RM50,000 to his party?

This is a question many are asking.

Khairuddin’s donation was announced by the PAS Assembly permanent chairperson Husin Ismail after the PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang’s speech.

Political analysts had expected the PAS Assembly to touch on the Khairuddin episode and the issue of the performance of the PAS ministers in the Perikatan Nasional administration thus far, as currently, people do not have confidence in the abilities of PAS Ministers in the Cabinet, as UMNO Ministers and Deputy Ministers were seen as performing better.

But there was no questioning of the Khairuddin affair at all.

Another question is why the authorities are taking such an inordinately long time to complete their investigations on Khairuddin’s violation of Covid-19 quarantine SOP?

Two weeks ago, the police declared that they were expecting to wrap up its probe into Khairuddin’s case, with the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, saying that the police will be submitting their findings to the Attorney-General’s Chambers soon.

Khairuddin’s violation of the quarantine SOP was more than two months ago on July 7 when he returned with his family from Turkey. The MP for Seputeh, Teresa Kok exposed the matter in Parliament on August 18.

How long more before the authorities decide on the action to be taken against Khairuddin?

There have been a lot of glaring loopholes in the Khairuddin affair, which has become the classic case of the double standards of the Muhyiddin Cabinet and Government.

The Health Ministry had on Aug 19 stated that they were investigating the claim that Khairuddin had breached his quarantine order.

However, three days later on Aug 22, the ministry issued a statement saying that Khairuddin had been issued a RM1,000 compound on Aug 7.

Up to now, there have been no answers whether the compound was backdated, and when the RM1,000 was paid.

Although Khairuddin had since apologised and promised to donate his ministerial salaries from March to August to the country’s Covid-19 fund, the genuineness of his apology became an issue as he maintained that he did not do anything wrong regarding his job.

He said: “I did not do anything wrong concerning my job; it only involved an error over the issue of the standard operating procedures.”

Such remarks exposed the fitness of Khairuddin to be a Minister of a Government fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had been worried about the failure of leadership in countries fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, which was why he had said:

“We call on country leaders to mobilize their plans, coordinating every part of government, not just the health ministry – security, diplomacy, finance, commerce, transport, trade, information and more – the whole government should be involved.”

He also said: “We’re concerned that in some countries the level of political commitment and the actions that demonstrate that commitment don’t match the level of the threat we all face. This is NOT a drill NOT the time to give up NOT a time for excuses This is a time for pulling out all the stops!”

Does the PAS Minister understand the concerns of Dr. Tedros?

Khairuddin reminds me of Europe in the Middle Ages, when a person can buy his way of out of sin and even out of hell with payments of money in the form of “indulgences”.

Are we back to the Middle Ages in Europe?

Khairuddin should be referred to the Committee of Privileges of the Dewan Rakyat as he attended several Parliamentary meetings when in breach of the Covid-19 quarantine SOP.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Monday September 14, 2020)

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Adakah Muktamar Tahunan PAS ke-66 akan melupakan pengingkaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 oleh Khairuddin jika beliau tidak mendermakan RM50,000 kepada partinya?

Adakah Muktamar Tahunan PAS yang ke-66 ini akan melupakan pengingkaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 oleh Menteri Industri Perladangan dan Komoditi, Khairuddin Aman Razali sejurus selepas pulang dari Turki pada 7 Julai jika beliau tidak mendermakan RM50,000 kepada partinya?

Inilah persoalan yang berlegar dalam fikiran ramai orang.

Sumbangan Khairuddin diumumkan oleh Pengerusi Tetap Muktamar Husin Ismail selepas ucapan daripada Presiden PAS, Abdul Hadi Awang.

Penganalisa politik telah menjangkakan yang muktamar PAS ini akan berbincang mengenai episod Khairuddin ini berserta dengan prestasi menteri-menteri PAS dalam kerajaan Perikatan Nasional setakat ini, memandangkan rakyat tidak mempunyai keyakinan dengan kebolehan menteri-menteri PAS di dalam Kabinet, di mana para menteri dan timbalan menteri UMNO dilihat sebagai mempunyai prestasi yang lebih baik.

Tetapi, tidak ada sesiapa pun yang membangkitkan isu Khairuddin ini.

Satu lagi persoalan yang berlegar dalam fikiran ramai orang adalah kenapa pihak berkuasa memerlukan tempoh masa yang sebegitu lama untuk melengkapkan siasatan mereka terhadap pelanggaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 yang dilakukan oleh Khairuddin?

Dua minggu yang lepas, pihak Polis mengumumkan yang mereka menjangkakan siasatan kes Khairuddin ini akan selesai dalam masa terdekat, dengan Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Bukit Aman, Mior Faridalathrash Wahid mengatakan yang pihak Polis akan menyerahkan dapatan siasatan mereka ke Pejabat Pendakwa Raya dalam masa yang terdekat.

Pelanggaran SOP kuarantin oleh Khairuddin ini berlaku lebih daripada dua bulan yang lalu pada 7 Julai semasa beliau pulang bersama dengan keluarganya dari Turki. Ahli Parlimen Seputeh, Teresa Kok mendedahkan perkara ini di Parlimen pada 18 Ogos.

Berapa lama lagikah yang diperlukan oleh pihak berkuasa sebelum tindakan boleh diambil terhadap Khairuddin?

Terdapat beberapa kepincangan besar dalam isu Khairuddin ini, yang kini menjadi contoh layanan berbeza terhadap rakyat biasa dan golongan VIP oleh kerajaan Muhyiddin.

Pada 19 Ogos, Kementerian Kesihatan mengatakan yang mereka sedang menyiasat dakwaan yang Khairuddin telah mengingkari perintah kuarantin.

Namun begitu, tiga hari kemudian, pada 22 Ogos, Kementerian Kesihatan mengeluarkan satu kenyataan mengatakan yang Khairuddin telah dikenakan kompaun sebanyak RM1,000 pada 7 Ogos.

Sehingga hari ini, masih tidak ada sebarang jawapan sama ada kompaun ini dikenakan selepas daripada tarikh 7 Ogos, mahupun mengenai bila RM1,000 ini dibayar.

Walaupun Khairuddin telah memohon maaf dan berjanji untuk mendermakan gaji menteri beliau daripada bulan Mac sehingga Ogos kepada Tabung Covid-19, keikhlasan permohonan maaf beliau ini dipersoalkan apabila beliau mengatakan yang beliau tidak berbuat apa-apa kesalahan berkenaan dengan jawatan beliau.

Beliau berkata: “Saya tidak melakukan apa-apa kesalahan berkaitan dengan tugas saya, perkara ini hanyalah berkaitan dengan kesilapan mengenai SOP.”

Kenyataan ini menimbulkan persoalan mengenai kesesuaian Khairuddin untuk menjadi seorang Menteri dalam sebuah kerajaan yang sedang melawan wabak Covid-19.

Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus telah menyatakan kebimbangan beliau mengenai kegagalan kepimpinan negara dalam melawan wabak Covid-19. Beliau mengatakan:

“Kami seru para pemimpin semua negara untuk menggerakkan rancangan mereka, mengatur setiap bahagian kerajaan, bukan sahaja kementerian kesihatan — tetapi juga keselamatan, diplomasi, kewangan, perdagangan, pengangkutan, perniagaan, informasi, dan lain-lain — keseluruhan kerajaan perlu dilibatkan.”

Beliau juga berkata: “Kami berasa bimbang dengan tahap komitmen politik di sesetengah negara dan tindakan yang menunjukkan yang komitmen ini tidak mencapai tahap ancaman yang kita sedang hadapi: Perkara ini BUKANLAH satu latihan, sekarang BUKANLAH masanya untuk berputus asa, dan BUKAN masanya untuk alasan. Sekarang adalah masa untuk usaha menyeluruh!”

Adakah Menteri PAS ini memahami kebimbangan Dr Tedros?

Khairuddin mengingatkan saya kepada Eropah dalam Zaman Pertengahan, di mana seseorang boleh melepaskan dirinya daripada dosa dan melarikan diri daripada neraka dengan pembelian “indulgences”.

Adakah kita sudah kembali ke Zaman Pertengahan Eropah?

Khairuddin perlu dirujukkan kepada Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan Dewan Rakyat memandangkan beliau telah menghadiri beberapa sidang Parlimen semasa melanggar SOP kuarantin Covid-19.

(Kenyataan Media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Isnin 14 September 2020)

  1. #1 by Godfather on Monday, 14 September 2020 - 3:17 pm

    It’s the typical abang adik culture. You don’t question me, I throw you a few cookies. Happens in all Melayu parties.

  2. #2 by Bigjoe on Monday, 14 September 2020 - 8:26 pm

    On the main question, if instructed to, yes, they would have ignored it.

    The real question is why PAS does not raise alarm using money to address leader’s wrong is what UMNO does, the UMNO ways that PAS has attacked for decades as corrupt and against Islam?

    And really it does not occur to and alarm anyone in PAS comparing themselves to UMNO ministers and Deputy Ministers, is actually a very low bar?

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