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No sinister motive behind declaration of Emergency

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has given assurance that there was no sinister motive behind the declaration of Emergency in which some concerns have been raised in the recent past. Muhyiddin said the declaration of Emergency was made for a singular reason, and that is to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. He said the sole rationale […]

Declaration of emergency not due to politics

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has stressed that the declaration of emergency in the country was an appropriate move taken in response to a major health crisis and not due to politics. The Prime Minister said the emergency was not to enable him to hold on to the post of prime minister, but to […]

NGO disagrees with emergency as way of suspending polls

ROSE

KUCHING: Rise of Social Efforts (ROSE) has expressed its disagreement on the declaration of a state of emergency as a way of suspending elections. “Elections are the way that democracies choose the government of the day. Other countries have shown that it is possible to conduct safe elections in this time of pandemic,” said its […]