THE white flag campaign highlights the failure of the government in taking care of its citizens during the time of a terrible need, said Penang Deputy Chief Minister ll P. Ramasamy.
According to Ramasamy, the situation would not have cropped up if the government had discharged its responsibility sincerely and faithfully.
“The campaign reflects two important but inter-related things: the Covid-19 pandemic has rendered it extremely difficult for sections of society even to survive.
“Second, exposed the sheer hollowness of the government in arresting the pandemic.
“The situation has become critical so much that people are asked to fly white flags in front of their homes for immediate assistance,” the DAP leader said in a statement today.
The white flag campaign started earlier this week to enable people to seek immediate assistance from friends and neighbours.
Ramasamy said that the government, despite all its rhetoric, has not been able to contain the pandemic, which has had a devastating effect on the lives of ordinary people.
He blamed the federal government over its over centralised nature of the procurement and distribution of the vaccines, and the failure to take account of the differences among states and districts in the prevention of the pandemic.
He added that ordinary citizens faced the brunt of the effects of the pandemic.
He also said that many Malaysians were finding it difficult to provide the bare essentials for the survival of their families, and the number of suicide cases was going up.
“Jobs have been lost, businesses have come to a grinding halt, cases of Covid-19 are going up, and most importantly the government, apart from the standard measures, has no imaginative response to the everyday difficulties faced by Malaysians.
“The government might as well throw in the towel in containing the pandemic.”
Ramasamy said that the white flag campaign has given some hope because the response from fellow Malaysians has been encouraging.
“The good news is that the campaign is eliciting favourable responses to the affected families and individuals.” – July 2, 2021.
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Now the only ways to contain is to do precise targeted lock downs in affected areas with aggressive contact tracing and testing with rapid results. Last is to do vaccinations as if there is no tomorrow. We have to go all out to secure vaccine supplies, which may be difficult but not impossible.
Posted 2 years ago by Yek Joo Koh · Reply
Allow other NGO to give food.
Posted 2 years ago by David Mllr · Reply