Rafidah: Imposing emergency over Covid-19 like killing rats with bomb

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PETALING JAYA: Declaring a state of emergency to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic is like “killing a few rats using a bomb, ” says former Cabinet minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz.

Rafidah, who was popularly known as the “Iron Lady” during her cabinet tenure, said the government’s intention to declare a state of emergency was “putting politics before principles, ethics and national interest”.

With no specific reference to anyone, she said in spite of VIPs violating the rules and politics triggering a spike in infections in Sabah, the Health Ministry and frontliners must be acknowledged and congratulated for managing the pandemic. “Already the economic and socio-economic impact on the people and nation is continuing to drain us all of our resilience and confidence.

“But to declare an emergency, impacting Parliament, the democratic processes and dispensing with democratic norms — that is too much, ” she said in a Facebook post Saturday . “It is time to work out the necessary plans to mitigate the various impacts of the pandemic, bringing together all stakeholders, ” she said.

 

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Kalau tak mampu memerintah, letak jawatan. Nak isytihar darurat buat apa?

Diam la nenek. Dudok diam je lah , enjoy your pension sudah la !

Shut up. You are not exactly clean. Woman.

The cabinet full of rats

Because some politicians acted like rats during Malaysia's historic high Covid cases

Go scuba diving Tan Sri. Forget about politics. Not worth to stress yourself over certain people political agenda. Unless you are planning to make a comeback? Make more sense if you do a throwback.

Those lives lost because of some patients infected in no symptoms appear. But already too late when the virus strikes.

Rats referring to who? The Rakyat? watthepark

As long as the rats died. Who cares

Sorry to say the present government doesn't have ISA in their inventory to squash the political unrest unlike what your BOSS did and not having to seek the permission of the YDP Agong for any of his actions

214 kills over Covid-19 are just mere rats to you?

Killing the rats by burning down the house.

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