Third call on Muhyiddin to convene emergency zoom Cabinet meeting to channel all available resources to fight third wave of Covid-19 pandemic in Sabah


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I am making a third call on the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, to convene an emergency zoom Cabinet meeting to channel all resources to fight the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic in Sabah.

If there is no response from Muhyiddin, I will next call for his resignation for gross incompetence and ineptitude of his Cabinet.

The question will also arise whether a Prime Minister or Minister who is on a 14-day home quarantine should be regarded as going on leave and should not be functioning from the four walls of his residence.

Already, Malaysia is operating as if there is no Health Minister after the disastrous “warm water” episode of Adham Baba, two weeks after he was named to this office, followed by his “500 countries and 15 states” bloopers.

As a result, the Health Director-General is single-handedly, together with the frontliners, waging the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, even when the Health Director-General was on 14-day home quarantine because of the Covid-19 infection of a Cabinet Minister.

It is to be noted that in the initial fortnight of becoming a Health Minister, there were occasions when Adham Baba announced the latest development and statistics about the Covid-19 pandemic but after the “warm water, 500 countries and 15 states” episodes, this has not recurred.

Adham Baba is from UMNO, but ironically, the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak is complaining that UMNO is blamed for the third wave of Covid-19 epidemic although he said it was the fault solely of Bersatu!

Hasn’t UMNO an MP who could be a more competent and efficient Health Minister?

But it is not only the Health Ministry which is operating as if there is no Minister, this applies to other Ministries as well, in particular the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry since the Minister’s escapades on his return from Turkey on July 7, violating the Covid-19 quarantine SOP and threatening the health and lives of other Ministers and Members of Parliament.

Other Ministries, like Education and Higher Education, have not been examples of competence, efficiency and far-sightedness either.

It is no exaggeration to say that Malaysians are suffering from the weakest, most incompetent and unaccountable government since the formation of the backdoor Muhyiddin administration after the Sheraton Move conspiracy, causing not only the second wave but also the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

During the 14-day Sabah state general election campaign, Muhyiddin visited Sabah three times, and he promised that more aid and allocations would be extended to Sabah for the benefit of Sabahans if the Sabah state government is aligned with the Federal Government.

Is Sabah going to be the place he first visits after his 14-day home quarantine because of the Covid-19 pandemic?

Instead of fulfilling his election pledge to the people of Sabah, Muhyiddin seems to have left Sabahans to their own devices after bringing about the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sabah.

When did the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic begin and when is it going to peak and begin to flatten the curve?

Officially, the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic began on Sept. 20, but it could have started on Sept.12, the Nomination Day of the Sabah state general election, or even earlier.

On Sept. 1, Sabah was the sixth state with Covid-19 cases on the cumulative count, having 426 cases as compared to KL (2,587 cases), Selangor (2,174 cases), Negri Sembilan (1,034 cases), Johore (751 cases) and Sarawak (699 cases).

In terms of cumulative fatalities, Sabah was No. 5 with Negri Sembilan with eight deaths, after Selangor (24), Johore (21), Sarawak (19) and Kuala Lumpur (18).

Now, Sabah has become the top state both in terms of cumulative total of Covid-19 infections and fatalities, with a cumulative total of 6,286 cases and 51 fatalities out of a Malaysian total of 18,758 cases and 176 fatalities. Selangor, the second state in cumulative total of infections, have 3,014 cases and 24 fatalities while third is Kuala Lumpur with 2,824 cases and 19 fatalities.

Is this the “reward” to the people of Sabah for voting in a Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) State Government aligned to the Federal Government?

The summoning of an emergency zoom Cabinet meeting to fulfil Muhyiddin’s pledge to the people of Sabah during the Sabah state general election to channel all available resources to Sabah in the fight against the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia is urgent and imperative especially as the Health Director-General, Noor Hisham Abdullah has called for volunteers outside Sabah to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic in Sabah and the warning by epidemiologist, Dr. Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud that Sabah’s public healthcare might collapse in the next few weeks if cases continue to rise at the same rate in the Borneo state.

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Saturday, October 17, 2020)

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Seruan ketiga supaya Muhyiddin memanggil mesyuarat Kabinet melalui Zoom untuk menyalurkan semua sumber yang ada bagi membantu usaha melawan gelombang ketiga Covid-19 di Sabah

Saya membuat seruan buat kali ketiga kepada Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, untuk memanggil satu mesyuarat Kabinet tergempar melalui Zoom, untuk menyalurkan semua sumber yang ada bagi membantu usaha melawan gelombang ketiga Covid-19 di Sabah.

Jika tidak ada sebarang tindakan daripada beliau, langkah seterusnya untuk saya adalah untuk menyeru beliau untuk meletakkan jawatan kerana kegagalan dan ketidakcekapan Kabinet beliau.

Persoalan juga akan timbul, mengenai sama ada kuarantin di rumah Perdana Menteri atau menteri selama 14 hari ini bermakna seseorang menteri itu bercuti dan bukannya masih menjalankan tugas beliau daripada rumah masing-masing.

Sedia adanya, negara kita seakan-akan tidak mempunyai seorang Menteri Kesihatan sejak berlakunya episod bencana “air suam” Adham Baba, yang berlaku dua minggu selepas beliau dilantik sebagai Menteri Kesihatan, episod yang kemudiannya disusuli dengan kesilapan “500 negara dan 15 negeri” beliau.

Akibatnya, tinggal hanya Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan bersama-sama dengan para petugas barisan hadapan yang menggerakkan peperangan melawan wabak Covid-19 ini, walaupun semasa Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan sedang menjalani kuarantin di rumah selama 14 hari selepas seorang Menteri Kabinet yang didapati positif dijangkiti Covid-19.

Perlu kita ingati, dalam dua minggu pertama selepas menjadi Menteri Kesihatan, terdapat waktu-waktu di mana Adham Baba sendiri mengumumkan perkembangan terkini dan statistik mengenai Covid-19, tetapi selepas insiden “air suam” dan “500 negara dan 15 negeri”, perkara ini tidak berlaku lagi.

Adham Baba ini dari UMNO, tetapi yang ironinya, mantan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak merungut mengenai UMNO dipersalahkan kerana berlakunya gelombang ketiga Covid-19 sedangkan beliau percaya semuanya adalah salah Bersatu!

Tidakkah UMNO mempunyai mana-mana Ahli Parlimen lain yang lebih kompeten dan efisien sebagai Menteri Kesihatan?

Tetapi, bukan Kementerian Kesihatan sahaja yang beroperasi seakan-akan tidak mempunyai seorang menteri, perkara ini juga berlaku dalam kementerian lain, terutamanya Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi sejak pelarian menterinya selepas beliau pulang daripada Turki pada 7 Julai, dengan mengingkari perintah SOP kuarantin Covid-19 dan membahayakan nyawa serta kesihatan para menteri dan ahli parlimen lain.

Kementerian lain, seperti Pendidikan dan Pengajian Tinggi, tidak berjaya menjadi contoh yang kompeten, efisien, dan berpandangan jauh juga.

Bukanlah satu kenyataan yang keterlaluan apabila dikatakan rakyat Malaysia terseksa di bawah satu kerajaan yang paling lemah, paling tidak kompeten, dan paling tidak bertanggungjawab sejak penubuhan kerajaan pintu belakang Muhyiddin selepas berlakunya konspirasi Langkah Sheraton, yang membawa bukan sahaja gelombang kedua penularan Covid-19, tetapi juga gelombang ketiga wabak ini.

Dalam 14 hari tempoh berkempen pilihan raya negeri Sabah, Muhyiddin telah melawat Sabah sebanyak tiga kali, dan beliau menjanjikan lebih banyak bantuan dan peruntukan akan diberikan kepada Sabah untuk manfaat rakyat Sabah jika kerajaan negeri Sabah sejajar dengan kerajaan Persekutuan.

Adakah Sabah akan menjadi tempat pertama yang dilawat beliau selepas kuarantin di rumah selama 14 hari kerana wabak Covid-19?

Muhyiddin dilihat seperti telah mengabaikan rakyat Sabah untuk berhadapan dengan takdir mereka bersendirian selepas membawa gelombang ketiga wabak ini ke Sabah dan bukannya memenuhi janji pilihan raya beliau kepada rakyat Sabah.

Bilakah gelombang ketiga pandemik Covid-19 ini bermula dan bilakah gelombang ini akan memuncak dan mula untuk mendatar?

Secara rasminya, gelombang ketiga ini bermula pada 20 September, tetapi, ia mungkin bermula pada 12 September, pada hari penamaan calon PRN Sabah, ataupun lebih awal lagi.

Pada 1 September, Sabah berada di tempat ke-enam dengan jumlah kes terkumpul Covid-19 tertinggi, mencatatkan 426 kes, berbanding dengan KL (2,587 kes), Selangor (2.174 kes), Negeri Sembilan (1.034 kes), Johor (751 kes) dan Sarawak (699 kes).

Dari segi jumlah korban nyawa terkumpul, Sabah berada di tempat ke-lima pada masa itu, dengan Negeri Sembilan dengan lapan kematian, selepas Selangor (24), Johor (21), Sarawak (19) dan Kuala Lumpur (18).

Kini, Sabah adalah negeri dengan jumlah terkumpul tertinggi untuk kedua-dua kes jangkitan dan korban nyawa, dengan sejumlah 6,286 kes dan 51 kematian, daripada 18,758 kes dan 176 kematian di seluruh negara. Selangor, negeri di tempat kedua, mencatatkan 3,014 kes dan 24 kematian manakala di tempat ketiga, Kuala Lumpur mencatatkan 2,824 kes dan 19 kematian.

Adakah ini “hadiah” kepada rakyat Sabah yang mengundi kerajaan negeri Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) yang selari dengan kerajaan Persekutuan?

Mengadakan mesyuarat khas kabinet melalui Zoom untuk memenuhi janji Muhyiddin kepada rakyat Sabah yang dibuat semasa PRN Sabah untuk menyalurkan semua sumber yang ada ke Sabah dalam usaha untuk membantu melawan gelombang ketiga Covid-19 di Sabah ini amatlah penting dan mendesak, terutamanya selepas Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah telah memanggil para sukarelawan daripada luar Sabah untuk datang membantu melawan wabak Covid-19 ini di Sabah, dan selepas amaran daripada pakar epidemiologi, Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, yang mengatakan sistem kesihatan awam Sabah mungkin akan runtuh dalam beberapa minggu yang akan datang jika kes terus meninggkat pada kadar sedia ada di negeri Borneo tersebut.

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Sabtu, 17 Oktober 2020)

  1. #1 by Bigjoe on Sunday, 18 October 2020 - 2:47 am

    The responsible thing to do for Muhiyiddin is to hand over power to Anwar. All the talk about Anwar going for PM again miss the point. UMNO is the one who is causing instability in PN govt with its fake letter to Anwar. Anwar did what they thought was a tool to pressure Muhiyiddin. Anwar called their bluff which is the right thing to do..

    The disease of entitlement politics that is the root of 1MDB and the massive losses now needed to fight Covid is still rampant and dibilitating. Its not UMNO nor UMNO-PAS which has the biggest block of vote for stability. Its PH and if Muhiyiddin is after stability to fight Covid, then it’s PH he need to hand over power.

    Otherwise its just racism and religo politics and we are doomed for the future.

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