Snap polls should be avoided at all cost, says Patriot in light of recession, Covid-19


PETALING JAYA: Elected politicians who put their needs before the nation's should be confined to the "hall of perpetual shame", says National Patriots Association (Patriot) president Brig-Jen (Rtd) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji.

He said that snap polls should be avoided at all costs at a time when the country is not only facing recession but also battling the Covid-19 outbreak.

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