Muhyiddin Yassin, the 8th prime minister of Malaysia, was appointed by the king on 29 February 2020 and sworn in on 1 March 2020. He admitted that the was not elected by the people to be the prime minister. He was appointed by the king on the basis that he might be (or mungkin in Malay language) able to secure the support from the majority of parliamentarians.
Regrettably, the opposition had the majority support of at least 112 parliamentarians on 29 February 2020. There are a total of 222 parliamentarians elected by the people to Malaysian parliament. Up till the date he was sworn in and to date, there has been no certainty as to his command of majority of the parliament.
At the date of writing, he has been in power without a proven majority support of the parliament. A scheduled seating of parliament was immediately postponed by him. In just 2 weeks into his prime ministership, he also declared a lock down of the country due to the failure of his government to control the widespread respiratory infections caused by coronavirus (Covid-19). It is unclear if the parliament will ever be reconvened under this lock down.
Muhyiddin had the guts to inform Malaysians that he might not be elected by them to be the prime minister but he cared for them. Mr lock down PM, you were not elected by Malaysians to care for them. Why would they want the 'care' of someone who had betrayed his predecessor and undemocratically seized power? As a Malay will tell you, "Tak tanya pun? Tak malu ke?" ("We dont ask for it. Not a shameful act?")
The cabinet ministers hastily appointed by Muhyiddin within days are equally bizarre bunch of people.
There is this Fact or Fake quiz going around in Malaysia now:
- Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba advised drinking warm water to help kill Covid-19.
- Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin wore a white sanitation suit so that she could spray disinfectant in Kuala Lumpur.
- The Women and Family Development Ministry, under Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun, advised women to wear make-up at home and to speak like Doraemon to their husbands to avoid conflict during the movement control order (MCO) period.
- Deputy Women and Family Development Minister Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff tweeted that the likelihood of dying from Covid-19 is only 1% while the possibility of dying at any moment is 100%.
- Minister of Higher Education Noraini Ahmad was busy joining hands with the so called 'influencers' to organise a tik tok contest for creative video clips when all the tertiary students are having disruption to their lessons while they are locked down in their hostels and disallowed to return home. Uncertainty clouds their minds as their parents are confronted with job security because businesses and the overall economy are adversely shattered by the nationwide lock down.
Illogical as it may seem, all the above are absolutely true facts. The morale of this story is to never ever allow rogues taking over your democracy and your country.
Please do not take advice of Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. World Health Organisation (WHO) has a specific denial against this claim.
