Emergency expected to be declared Friday night, 23 October Night

[The_King]

PETALING JAYA: A state of emergency is expected to be announced as early as this evening (Oct 23) in a move to step up the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic that has spiked sharply over the past one week, as well as to put a stop to the political squabble.

It is understood that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muyhiddin Yassin has sought an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at Istana Abu Bakar in Pekan, Pahang this afternoon.

This audience is said to communicate the Cabinet decision to propose the dissolution of the Dewan Rakyat following its special meeting that ended at around 1pm today.

Muhyiddin is expected to present the proposal to the King for consideration at 8pm.

Highly-placed sources said Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah would have the final say as to when the state of emergency will take effect.

"His Majesty is expected to meet his brother Rulers soon to get their views too but it suffice to say that they will support any decisions decided by the King," a source said.

A check with certain Rulers has confirmed that they had been informed of a special meeting of the Rulers, not to be confused with the Conference of Rulers.

Officials at Putrajaya emphasised that only political activities will be affected by the Emergency.

"It will be business as usual. Economic activities will carry on and there will be no curfews.

"In a nutshell, life goes on as we know it. This is for the good of the country in fighting Covid-19," the source said.

One official said that without such a legal move, the Election Commission would need to conduct the Batu Sapi by-election.

"We can't risk having a by-election now. It will be irresponsible to put the lives of EC officials and voters at risk now with the pandemic raging in Sabah."

The Batu Sapi parliamentary seat was declared vacant following the death of its MP Datuk Liew Vui Keong of Parti Warisan Sabah due to a lung infection on Oct 2.

The Election Commission announced Nov 23 as nomination day, Dec 1 for early polls and Dec 5 for the by-election.

Other than PBS, Barisan Nasional, SAPP, Parti Cinta Sabah, Sabah STAR, and Sabah Pakatan comprising PKR, DAP and Amanah, have said that they would not be contesting in the polls.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/23/economic-or-health-emergency-to-be-declared

 

 

 

[meng.huat]

declare emergency to deny sotong mee take over

[meng.huat]

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/as-malaysias-cabinet-meets-speculation-mounts-emergency-may-be-declared-to-avert-snap

 

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Cabinet was locked in a special meeting on Friday (Oct 23) morning to decide on emergency measures to ensure that the upcoming budget session in Parliament does not result in snap elections amid the resurgent wave of coronavirus infections.

Sources with knowledge of these options told The Straits Times that an "economic emergency" could be proclaimed to ensure that government spending to curb Covid-19 - which has seen total cases doubling this month alone - is not jeopardised by an increasingly unstable political atmosphere.

[The_King]

He is worried

[socrates469bc]

ah din despo liao so learn from jib kor's laopeh in usurping power.

 

i alrdy said that wuhan is present but undetected in interior areas and these bodoh politicians still go shake hand there, use my pigu think also know that it will spread back to the urban areas.

 

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