Muhyiddin: Declaration of Emergency not due to politics, appropriate move in response to health crisis


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stresses that the declaration of Emergency in Malaysia was an appropriate move taken in response to a major health crisis and not due to politics.

The Prime Minister said the Emergency was not to enable him to hold on to the post of prime minister but to ensure that the Covid-19 pandemic could be managed effectively and speedily.

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