Malaysians would not have been bored sitting at home even if the country has been going through several series of lockdowns during the last one year as a consequence of Covid-19 pandemic. The latest excitement is the national State of Emergency (Darurat in Malay), the first in 50 years. Your read it right. The country is having Emergency for 7 months till 1 August 2021. It may sound like the cause of pandemic but it is not. Malaysia has more than enough laws to handle infectious diseases with Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 and the Police Act 1967 whereby the government is able to issue Movement Control Order (cordon sanitaire) to control movement of people and enforce lockdowns.
The only Emergency before the country is the emergency felt by the prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin after losing the majority support of the people's representatives in the parliament. It is emergency because he is losing his job. The only way to arrest the problem is to declare State of Emergency to prevent parliament from convening whereby vote of no confidence can be tabled against the prime minister.
You will not find that many democratic countries, if any, which are enforcing Emergency rule because the prime minister is losing his job. Why should him still be prime minister if he does not command the majority support of parliamentarians? Well... His supporters say it is because he cares. Yes, in the name of 'he cares', he can continue to rule the country without democracy or any kind of checks and balances of the lawmakers.
Remember this: if you care, you should be prime minister too! 😜
Would you not care?!?
It is of no surprise if there is a 'musical chair ' game for Malaysian prime ministership, so many Malaysians care ! Perhaps, it is more democratic if you care more... 💁
