COMMENT | The debate if Malaysia is a failed, failing or going to fail state is a distraction. The existential threat facing Malaysia at this moment is that our healthcare system is failing, right before our eyes but more importantly the political will to battle this pandemic is directed at the conflict within the establishment.
For years, our healthcare system was riddled with the usual afflictions associated with the ethnocentric rule, which meant that incompetent management, corruption and a general malaise towards the rakyat were delibitating but the country and the healthcare system managed to limp around like a befuddled patient wandering the halls of general hospital.
What this pandemic has done, what healthcare professionals and competent leaders the world over had warned, is that this pandemic exposes the structural weakness of any given system. At any other time, even under Umno or Pakatan Harapan rule, we would have at least managed to put up a good if compromised fight. However, with this backdoor government, all we have are a bunch of brigands more interested in political survival than running this country, even if in a flawed manner.
Due to the political instability brought upon by the Sheraton players, the political establishment has been unable to mount an effective defence against this pandemic. And let us not let the rakyat off the hook either. When the rakyat sees political operatives breaking SOPs, or when the government rolls back restrictions, it makes the pandemic less serious and it becomes a partisan issue rather than a health emergency.
Last month itself we already know this is going to happen but only our kkm, mkn and politician didn't see this coming because of their ego. Nothing to say now we just need to see how to overcome current situation. MGBA
Never once did i see the govt ever do things right.
Msia adored fairy tale stories of failures after failure..Till failure is the real new normal of Msia..anwaribrahim guanenglim PartiAmanah DrDzul SyedSaddiq hannahyeoh IDEASMalaysia DrThanussha MukhrizMahathir
DAP will disagree. This 'kerajaan gagal' slogan is too good to let go. Just what criteria make a country a failed state anyway? Compared to Somalia & Mozambique.
Failing healthcare system is one of the symptoms of failed state. How can set aside failed state debate?