Hadi calls change of Prime Minister ‘nonsense’ in pandemic
Published on: Monday, January 25, 2021
PETALING JAYA: PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (pic) says it is “nonsense” to call for a change in prime ministers as the country is currently in the midst of a nationwide emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.He said such calls could disrupt the Government’s efforts in protecting the people from the Covid-19 pandemic and should be rejected outright.ADVERTISEMENT
“The thing we should not be doing at this time is to be arguing about who should be the Prime Minister and how to get enough support from MPs.
“This is all nonsense and does not take into account the pandemic that has affected the rakyat,” he said.
“This group must be rejected and prevented. Any move that can disrupt the work of the emergency proclamation (by the government) must be dealt with strictly,” said Hadi, who did not mention who he was referring to.
Hadi was speaking during the closing of an online seminar titled “Is an emergency required?”ADVERTISEMENT
The opposition had previously rejected the Government’s move to implement an emergency.
On Jan 12, opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should have acted “responsibly” by resigning as Prime Minister after realising that support for him in the Dewan Rakyat was dwindling instead of proposing to the King that a nationwide emergency be implemented.
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Speaking at a Facebook Live forum by the National Council of Professors on Saturday, Anwar claimed that up to 115 MPs had expressed opposition to the proclamation of the emergency.
The Port Dickson MP added that the opposition had requested the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to reconsider the need to continue with the emergency and allow Parliament to sit again.