Kuala
Lumpur Dec 21 2021
Even if his
own family members went missing, starving for food, stranded and forced to sit
on their roof tops in the continuous pouring rain for days, the agenda at hand would still be the most important matter to him.
This is what
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun ACTUALLY meant when he did not
allow for the current national flood crisis to be debated in Parliament yesterday (Dec 20 2021).
“We only have
one agenda today. That is the debate on the Prevention and Control of
Infectious Diseases Act.
“I don’t
have the power to allow the jump from one issue to another,” Azhar (pic) told the Dewan
Rakyat.
Many MPs
including Lembah Pantai’s Fahmi Fadzil reminded Azhar that the Speaker possessed the
discretion to allow an emergency debate that affects the public, especially when
it involves natural disasters which to date has claimed 14 lives, made thousands homeless with properties, infrastructure and roads destroyed.
The pleading
by the MPs to discuss the crisis that is currently affecting the whole country fell onto
deaf ears as Azhar was hell bent on maintaining his decision.
Malaysians,
who continue to slam the government for the inefficiency and lackadaisical attitude
in handling the flood crisis also openly lashed out at Azhar on the social
media platform.
He replaced
Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, who stepped down when a motion for his removal
was made.
Azhar was
appointed Dewan Rakyat Speaker in July last year during Muhyiddin Yassin’s
administration.
As of today (Dec 21 2021), 14 people have lost their lives and many more have been reported as missing and the death toll could unfortunately increase in the coming days.
So far, more
than 51,000 people had been evacuated from their homes.
Most victims
are from Pahang and Selangor, two of the worst hit states.
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