PETALING JAYA: Former education minister Maszlee Malik has taken several ministers to task for “going missing” when they were especially needed during the Covid-19 crisis.

In a media interview today, he said the current government had failed to manage the crisis brought about by the pandemic.

Maszlee told Sinar Harian that some ministers were not only inefficient in their work, but had also breached the law.

“Where was the health minister when Covid-19 cases soared to above 800 in a day? Where was the education minister when children could no longer go to school to study? Where was the higher education minister when students were in need?

“What about the minister who breached quarantine orders and remains free?,” he said in a reference to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali who admitted last month he had failed to observe home quarantine after returning from a trip to Turkey.

Maszlee told Sinar Harian that “the ministers we have aren’t just scared to face the people and explain themselves, but are even afraid of the media, leaving the people perplexed and confused.”

Maszlee was education minister in the Pakatan Harapan government led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad but was forced to resign in January after several education controversies. He left PPBM with Mahathir and a few others in March after the PH government fell.

‘Solve political crisis through Dewan Rakyat’

Amid reports that he was among the MPs supporting PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s attempt at forming a new government, Maszlee, who is MP for Simpang Renggam, said this matter was not as important as the predicament that the nation is currently facing.

“Our country isn’t just in health and economic crises but also humanitarian and leadership crises under a government whose stability is under question, and whose Cabinet lineup is inefficient,” he said.

Maszlee said the people were suffering, with many losing jobs, while facing a looming economic crisis when the automatic loan moratorium ends this month.

He added there was only one way to resolve the ongoing political crisis to bring some stability to the country, which was through the Dewan Rakyat.

“This will also give the people evidence as to how much support the prime minister commands today. This also resolves the matter according to the Constitution and strengthens the democratic system that we practice,” he said.

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FOR ONCE I AGREE WITH MASZLEE.

SINCE MARCH 2020 TILL TODAY, ALL THE MINISTERS IN PN GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE JOB.

INSTEAD OF FINDING INVESTORS TO COME INTO MALAYSIA, THE MINISTERS DO NOTHING.

INSTEAD OF HELPING THE RAKYAT TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS OF COVID 19, THE MINISTERS SPREAD THE VIRUS FURTHER.  

INSTEAD OF FINDING WAYS AND MEANS TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR EARNINGS AND JOBS, THE MINISTERS STEAL AND GRAB OUR ASSETS.

INSTEAD OF FINDING SOLUTION TO STUDENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY, THE MINISTERS CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AGONG CAN SEE BUT DO NOTHING.

SULTANS CAN SEE BUT DO NOTHING.

SPEAKER CAN SEE BUT DO NOTHING.

AG CAN SEE BUT DO NOTHING.

IGP CAN SEE BUT DO NOTHING.

PN GOVERNMENT IS USELESS.

RAKYAT ARE UNHAPPY AND FRUSTRATED THE WAY MOO AND HIS GOOD FOR NOTHING MINISTERS ARE DOING NOTHING.

RAKYAT ARE UNHAPPY AND FRUSTRATED THE WAY MOO AND HIS GOOD FOR NOTHING MINISTERS ARE GIVING CONFUSING RULES THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.

RAKYAT ARE UNHAPPY AND FRUSTRATED THE WAY MOO AND HIS GOOD FOR NOTHING MINISTERS ARE GIVING EXCUSES NOT TO DO ANYTHING.

YOUR MAJESTY, 

WHY ARE YOU LETTING THE RAKYAT SUFFER DAILY WHILE PROTECTING A GOVERNMENT THAT WE NEVER VOTED FOR.

DO THE RAKYAT HAVE TO DIE IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN.

RIGHT NOW, NO ONE IS HELPING THE RAKYAT.

EVERYTIME THE RAKYAT VOICE THEIR UNHAPPINESS, ACTION IS TAKEN BY PDRM AND MACC AGAINST US.

AND AG INSIST ON THROWING THE TOILET SINK AT US LIKE HIS BROTHER WHO DOES NOT ALLOW THE MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST THE SITTING GOVERNMENT.

WHAT HAS THE RAKYAT DONE TO DESERVE SUCH ACTION???