Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The high number of positive cases of Covid-19 has made the government Malaysia extending the Covid-19 emergency status which has received strong criticism from parliament, especially because of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s decision without the blessing of the King of Malaysia.
The strong rejection led to the resignation of ministers in Muhyiddin’s cabinet. One of them is the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Malaysia, Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, who resigned on Tuesday (3/8).
“After considering the party’s stance and decision, as a member of UMNO (party) who is obedient and loyal to the party, I resigned from the Cabinet of Ministers of the Federal Government” said Shamsul as quoted from Malay Mail (3/8).
“I thank all parties and staff of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. My focus after this is my duty as a member of parliament for Lenggong and helping strengthen the party in the midst of the challenges of this political situation,” he added.
Not stopping there, the resignation of the minister amid political turmoil and the surge of the Covid-19 case continued to the Minister of Higher Education Malaysia, Noraini Ahmad. Noraini unexpected resignation as a form of loyalty to the Party Organization Malay National Association (UMNO) at the same time to protest the enactment of national emergency status.
UMNO is the largest political party in Malaysia. The party strongly criticized Malaysia’s policy of extending the national emergency status and urged Muhyiddin to resign because it was deemed to have failed to deal with the pandemic.
It was recorded that eight UMNO members in parliament signed a statement withdrawing support from Muhyiddin. Muhyiddin’s extension of Malaysia’s national emergency status is seen by the opposition as a tactic to avoid a vote in parliament on support for his government.
The opposition accuses Muhyiddin of delaying voting on a no-confidence motion in parliament until September to rally support. Protests were also seen on city streets, after two weeks ago a convoy of black-flagged cars enlivened roads in Malaysia (24/7).
It was reported that about 10 cars were seen walking side by side for an hour around the capital’s centers. Apart from the capital, similar actions also took place in other districts such as Johor, Kedah, Melaka, Penang, Pahang, Sabah, Kucing, Sarawak, Perak, and Selangor.
According to WHO data, on August 6, 20,596 positive cases occurred with a total of 1,203,706 cases and 10,019 deaths.
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