MAY 2 — The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Centre) refers to the prime minister’s statement announcing the government’s decision to reopen most businesses on Monday. This decision was made due to the fact that the severity of the economic meltdown was taking its toll amid...
MAY 2 — The Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism refers to the prime minister’s statement announcing the government’s decision to reopen most businesses on Monday. This decision was made due to the fact that the severity of the economic meltdown was taking its toll amid managing the pandemic which has considerably lessened in the last few weeks.
It bears reminding that an economic stimulus package worth RM250 billion was announced by the government on the 27th of March 2020 without getting parliamentary approval. While we acknowledge that this stimulus package is urgently needed to ease the burden shouldered by many Malaysians affected by this pandemic, a critical issue related to the process and mandate around the formulation and execution of the stimulus package remains unaddressed.
The spirit of democracy embedded in Parliament which is key to legislative checks and balance, and upholding the principle of parliamentary sovereignty is again under direct assault when the unelected government announced that it would only sit for one day on May 18th, and with no room for debate. The executives are dishing out billions of ringgit and setting policies without going through parliamentary process as we speak.
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