(Versi BM)

In another three days is the Malacca general election – a general election which the DAP and the Pakatan Harapan do not want but will have far-reaching implications and consequences for the political future not only Malacca, but of Malaysia.

One question Malaysians want to know is whether the Malacca general election on Polling Day on Saturday, 20th November 2021 will see daily new Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths return to the pre-emergency days on January 11, 2021 of less than 2,232 cases and four deaths or will there be more daily Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths than Nomination Day on 8th November?

From the following Covid-19 pandemic statistics for daily new Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths, it is impossible that the Polling Day on 20th November will see Malaysia return to pre-Emergency Days of January 11, 2021 of less than 2,232 cases and four Covid-19 deaths:

In fact, Malaysia will have more daily new Covid-19 cases on Polling Day on Saturday than on Nomination Day on November 8 although the daily Covid-19 deaths on Polling Day is likely to be less than Nomination Day.

Malaysia having more daily new Covid-19 cases on Polling Day as compared to Nomination Day represents the failure of the Ismail Sabfi government’s Covid-19 policy and strategy in not being able to move faster to reduce the increase of Covid-19 cases, but having less daily Covid-19 deaths on Polling Day as compared to Nomination Day highlights the importance of the confidence-supply-reform (CSF) memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the Pakatan Harapan leaders and Prime Minister Ismail Sabri on 13 September as the single highest national priority is to save lives and livelihoods and to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

I am very concerned that we continue to lag behind Indonesia, which has more than eight times the population of Malaysia, in daily new Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths, which is again illustrated by yesterday’s data which showed Indonesia having 347 daily new Covid-19 cases and 15 Covid-19 deaths as compared to 5,412 daily new Covid-19 cases and 40 Covid-19 deaths for Malaysia.

In fact, yesterday we lost out to Philippines which had reduced its daily new Covid-19 cases to triple-digit figure of 849 cases.

I cannot understand why Malaysia is performing so poorly in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic as compared to Indonesia and Philippines.

We are beginning to lose out to India, a country has a population more than 42 times that of Malaysia. On 15th November, India had four-digit increase of daily new Covid-19 cases – less than 4,000 cases compared to Malaysia, when India once had a daily peak of 414,433 Covid-19 new cases on May 6, 2021.

Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Malacca on Wednesday, 17th November 2021

Adakah hari pengundian pilihan raya negeri Melaka pada Sabtu, 20 November akan menyaksikan kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan korban Covid-19 di Malaysia kembali ke masa sebelum darurat diisytiharkan atau adakah ia akan merekodkan jumlah jangkitan dan korban akibat Covid-19 lebih tinggi berbanding pada Hari Pencalonan pada 8 November?

Tiga hari lagi adalah hari pengundian pilihan raya negeri Melaka — pilihan raya yang DAP dan Pakatan Harapan tidak mahu tetapi akan memberikan implikasi dan kesan yang meluas terhadap masa depan politik bukan sahaja di Melaka, malah Malaysia secara keseluruhannya.

Satu soalan yang rakyat Malaysia ingin tahu adalah sama ada Hari Pengundian pilihan raya negeri Melaka pada Sabtu, 20 November akan menyaksikan kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan korban Covid-19 di Malaysia kembali ke masa sebelum darurat diisytiharkan atau adakah ia akan merekodkan jumlah jangkitan dan korban akibat Covid-19 lebih tinggi berbanding pada Hari Pencalonan pada 8 November?

From the following Covid-19 pandemic statistics for daily new Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths, it is impossible that the Polling Day on 20th November will see Malaysia return to pre-Emergency Days of January 11, 2021 of less than 2,232 cases and four Covid-19 deaths:

Daripada statistik wabak Covid-19 berikut untuk kes harian Covid-19 dan korban Covid-19, adalah mustahil bahawa Hari Pengundian pada 20 November ini akan menyaksikan Malaysia kembali ke masa sebelum darurat diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021 dengan kurang 2,232 kes dan empat kematian akibat Covid-19”

Malah, Malaysia sebenarnya akan mempunyai kes harian baharu Covid-19 yang lebih banyak pada Hari Pengundian pada Sabtu berbanding pada Hari Penamaan Calon pada 8 November meskipun kematian harian Covid-19 pada Hari Pengundian mungkin lebih kurang berbanding Hari Penamaan Calon.

Malaysia mempunyai kes harian baharu Covid-19 yang lebih banyak pada Hari Pengundian berbanding Hari Penamaan Calon menunjukkan kegagalan strategi dan dasar kerajaan Ismail Sabri dalam bertindak pantas untuk mengurangkan lonjakan kes Covid-19, tetapi mempunyai jumlah korban Covid-19 yang lebih rendah pada Hari Pengundian berbanding Hari Penamaan Calon menunjukkan kepentingan Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) yang ditandatangani antara pemimpin Pakatan Harapan dan Perdana Menteri Ismail Sabri pada 13 September kerana keutamaan tunggal negara adalah untuk menyelamatkan nyawa dan mata pencarian dan untuk memenangi perang melawan Covid-19.

Saya amat bimbang apabila kita terus-menerus ketinggalan di belakang Indonesia, yang mempunyai jumlah penduduk lapan kali ganda berbanding Malaysia, dalam kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan korban Covid-19, yang sekali lagi digambarkan menerusi data semalam yang menunjukkan Indonesia mempunyai 347 kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan 15 korban Covid-19 berbanding 5,412 kes harian baharu Covid-19 dan 40 korban Covid-19 untuk Malaysia.

Lebih buruk, semalam kita tewas kepada Filipina yang mengurangkan jumlah kes harian baharu Covid-19 kepada tiga angka iaitu sebanyak 849 kes.

Saya tidak faham mengapa Malaysia menunjukkan prestasi yang buruk dalam perang melawan Covid-19 berbanding Indonesia dan Filipina.

Kita sudah mula tewas kepada India, sebuah negara yang mempunyai jumlah penduduk 42 kali ganda berbanding Malaysia. Pada 15 November, India merekodkan kes harian baharu Covid-19 dalan julat empat angka, sedangkan India pernah mencatatkan kemuncak jumlah kes harian baharu sebanyak 414,433 pada 6 Mei 2021.

Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri, Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu, 17 November 2021