Country needs a stable govt to move forward, say analysts
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was granted an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the Istana Negara this morning. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Pundits are hoping the meetings between the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and political party leaders that start today will result in a stable government ruling the country as the nation battles with the surge in Covid-19 cases and economic despair.
Socio-political analyst Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said the day started with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin meeting the King, which is the norm before the weekly Cabinet meeting every Wednesday.
But this time, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, DAP’s Lim Guan Eng and Pejuang’s Dr Mahathir Mohamad have also been granted an audience by the King.
“It shows there are efforts by the palace to look into and settle problems faced by the rakyat,” he told FMT.
“The meetings are being held so that positive changes can be implemented.”
Awang Azman said even Selangor’s ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had expressed shock that the state had only received 615,210 Covid-19 vaccine doses as of June 1, which was disproportionate with Selangor’s total population of 6.5 million.
Awang Azman said the country needs a strong government to avoid instability if the emergency ends in August as scheduled.
“What sort of government do we need if the emergency ends by August? Do we keep this government or do we have a new government?”
He added that a mechanism should be put in place so that a secure government runs this country.
Due to that, he said it was a timely move by the King to meet all political party leaders to get their views on the future of the country and on the emergency.
Political analyst Azmi Hassan concurred saying it was also the wish of the rakyat for the King to intervene.
“Malaysians have been expressing hope that the King will come up with a good solution. I can say hopes are high,” he told FMT.
Azmi said the public also wanted Parliament to reconvene to debate issues affecting them and to ensure transparency in the way the government was handling the Covid-19 crisis.
“It’s a good decision to hold these meetings,” he added.
A consultant on political strategies, Syed Arabi Idid, said the meetings were most probably being held by the King to get the views of political leaders before a decision is made on the emergency.
FMT had previously reported that several ministers had been pushing for an extension of the emergency to battle the Covid-19 pandemic. However, other ministers are not keen on this for fear of a backlash from the public when a general election is held.
Socio-political analyst Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said the day started with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin meeting the King, which is the norm before the weekly Cabinet meeting every Wednesday.
But this time, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, DAP’s Lim Guan Eng and Pejuang’s Dr Mahathir Mohamad have also been granted an audience by the King.
“It shows there are efforts by the palace to look into and settle problems faced by the rakyat,” he told FMT.
“The meetings are being held so that positive changes can be implemented.”
Awang Azman said even Selangor’s ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had expressed shock that the state had only received 615,210 Covid-19 vaccine doses as of June 1, which was disproportionate with Selangor’s total population of 6.5 million.
Awang Azman said the country needs a strong government to avoid instability if the emergency ends in August as scheduled.
“What sort of government do we need if the emergency ends by August? Do we keep this government or do we have a new government?”
He added that a mechanism should be put in place so that a secure government runs this country.
Due to that, he said it was a timely move by the King to meet all political party leaders to get their views on the future of the country and on the emergency.
Political analyst Azmi Hassan concurred saying it was also the wish of the rakyat for the King to intervene.
“Malaysians have been expressing hope that the King will come up with a good solution. I can say hopes are high,” he told FMT.
Azmi said the public also wanted Parliament to reconvene to debate issues affecting them and to ensure transparency in the way the government was handling the Covid-19 crisis.
“It’s a good decision to hold these meetings,” he added.
A consultant on political strategies, Syed Arabi Idid, said the meetings were most probably being held by the King to get the views of political leaders before a decision is made on the emergency.
FMT had previously reported that several ministers had been pushing for an extension of the emergency to battle the Covid-19 pandemic. However, other ministers are not keen on this for fear of a backlash from the public when a general election is held.
A stable govt!
ReplyDeleteJapan had had many political leadership changed w/o affecting the normal administration & stability of the country!
Many Europen countries had had short-term & transitional govt w/o affecting the normal running & stability the nation.
If the country has a well established civilian administration, ANY changes in the political leadership of the country WOULDN'T affect the daily running of the country's management. This is a PROVEN administrative theory.
Unless there r no workable civilian administration system in the first place, liken to many banana states!
Is Malaysia a 3rd world banana state?
Maybe!
With yrs of abang-adikism in establishing civil service officialdom based on political connections, especially the ketuanan cult & zombieic considerations.
Skill & management ability - tak pakai! Kabel & nepotism terpenting!
Mfering socio-political analyst of the f*cked kind! Probably gained that tertiary position through abang-adikism too!
this gajibuta is the main cause of the current situation, now macam on roadshow somemore, waste time.
ReplyDeleteThere is a very effective precedent in Westminster democracy, which is Winston Chruchill's May 1940 formation of a unity government, as Britain faced in Nazi Germany its most existential threat of defeat in hundreds of years.
ReplyDeleteThe Unity Government, bringing in the Opposition Labour Party was a major step in national purpose during the dark days.
Until Defeat turned into Victory, then the voters dumped Winston Churchill, hahahaba.
U read the Churchillian unity govt WRONG!
DeleteRight from the beginning that unity govt was one of the Churchill's Machiavellian move to save his ass of double-crossing the pommieland political scene.
The success of that unity govt lied in the fact that most pommies r too tire of the wars & displacements caused to their daily lives.
Moreover, there were also no other credible politikus to upstage the diabolical sopo conditions of pommieland from another angles as everyone were afraid of the rising Nazi Germany!