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THE response from Umno to the Emergency declaration has been muted and cautious. The war cries and sabre-rattling from the party has come to a sudden halt and the political temperature has come down. It seems like Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has clipped the wings of Umno and put all political parties in a tight corner. Everyone had been so swept up by rumours about the appointment of a deputy prime minister that they were almost blindsided by the Emergency move. Umno, unlike Pakatan Harapan leaders, has not opposed the state of emergency. “The decree comes from the Yang di-Pertu...

SINCE independence in 1957, Malaya/Malaysia has experienced three national Emergencies – Indonesian confrontation (1964), May 13 (1969), and the Covid Emergency declared on Monday. In addition, there have been five localised Emergencies – Sarawak (1966), Kelantan (1977), Batu Sapi, Grik and Bugaya (2020). Definition: Under Article 150(1), the term “emergency” refers to threats to the security, economic life or public order of the Federation or any part thereof. In Stephen Kalong Ningkan (1968), it was held that “emergency” includes wars, famines, earthquakes, floods, epidemics and...

Published on: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 By: Malay Mail Jeffrey Kota Kinabalu: Calling an Emergency during the pandemic was a move to ensure government machinery could carry out its duties and at the same time force a political truce so that leaders put the people first, said Sabah Government leaders Tuesday. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan said the move was necessary in order to stabilise the Federal Government under such precarious circumstances. “With all the politicking at this time, it is necessary to stabilise the situation given the rising Covid-19 situation,” sa...

Nation 14 Jan 2021 Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau. -filepic PETALING JAYA: Upko president Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau has invited lawmakers who recently abandoned the Perikatan Nasional government to join Pakatan Plus. Pakatan Plus is the moniker for a loose coalition that includes Pakatan Harapan and the yet-to-be-registered Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In a statement on Wednesday (Jan 13), the Tuaran MP appealed to his fellow parliamentary colleagues who do not have any ongoing court cases to join Pakatan Plus in or...

KINIGUIDE | This instalment will attempt to answer some questions based on PM’s speech and legal experts.