What, Muhyiddin? Still politicking during this pandemic!

COMMENT | While most of us are concentrating on how to get through this difficult time of the Covid-19 outbreak, and ensuring that we and our loved ones stay safe, it seems that politicians are still engaging in their favourite past-time – politicking.

What is most demoralising and sickening is that the top man in the country, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin himself, seems to be setting the worst example. He is still playing politics at this time of national and global crisis.

In my previous article here, I’ve said that this is not the time to write stinging political articles as politics of any kind must surely be furthest from our minds.

The recent politicking of the prime minister has forced my hand to pen this.

This is the time for national cooperation and togetherness where each and every one of us should be on the look-out for the other one to ensure that we all get through this pandemic, hopefully unscathed.

Politically, this is also the time for national reconciliation and healing. Malaysians have no time for politics and want opposing politicians to work in unison and concentrate 100 percent of their time and energy on tackling the pandemic.

And what did our prime minister do? More than 1,000 Malaysians are Covid-19 positive with eight fatalities (as at 7pm on March 21) and Muhyiddin could still find the time to sack his Bersatu secretary-general.

What is this, Mr Prime Minister?

Don’t expect me to be nice and charitable with my words here; no, not with our so-called leaders who have their priorities all wrong.

Let me tell you this, dear Muhyiddin. At this time