A SURVEY by the Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap) has found 68% of their respondents agreed that all members of Parliament should heed the advice of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to pass the national budget that will be tabled tomorrow.

The survey also found 54% of respondents disagreed that this was the right time to change the government, and 49% disagreed that if the Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin were to resign, the new government will not necessarily be more stable.

These were the key findings of a two-day public opinion poll on the question: “Does Malaysia need a new government”.

The survey drew 696 respondents.

Insap deputy chairman Jacob Lee said in a press statement that the survey was basically telling MPs not to rock the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government as it is not the right time for a regime change due to Covid-19.

In the survey, 24% of respondents disagreed that all MPs should heed the king’s advice on supporting the budget with 8% being neutral.

“Those who agreed exceeded those who disagreed by 44%,” Lee said of the survey.

“The survey showed that Malaysians in general wanted the status quo in the federal government given the current third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, which has hit Malaysia hard,” he added.

Despite the fears, the survey found 45% of the respondents were against reimposing the movement-control order, with 43% for its re-imposition even at the expense of the economy while 12% were neutral. – November 5, 2020.