MCA urges govt to stop politicking and start working
KUALA LUMPUR: Recent studies that showed Malaysians are less happy this year, as well as being worried over the country’s direction, are proof that the government should stop politicking and get down to real work, says MCA.
A study by think-tank Emir Research revealed that 50% of respondents are unsure whether the country’s direction is on the right track, 46% are unsure whether the Pakatan Harapan government is viable, and 44% are uncertain whether the country’s economy is on a strong footing.
In what is probably a first for the country, Malaysians score 0.77 (maximum worry) on the National Worry Index (NWI), which goes from a scale of 0 to 1 (with 1 being extremely worried).
In yet another study called the World Happiness Report – an annual publication by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Malaysia was ranked the 80th happiest nation in the world, a massive drop of 45 places compared with 2018 when it was ranked 35th.
As per the report, Malaysia’s index dropped to 5.34 in 2019 from 6.32 a year earlier.
Commenting on the two reports, MCA said the performance of the Pakatan government had a direct correlation with the results of these two studies, which indicated that the people were unhappy.
MCA’s government affairs monitoring committee chief coordinator
Wong Kok Fye said the results of the two reports indicated that the government was not on the right track.
“Based on the reports, we came to the conclusion that the Pakatan government is not governing the country well.
“Please stop politicking, and (start) governing the country,” he said during here yesterday.
Wong also hoped there would be more checks and balances within the Federal Government, and that they should stop “retaliating” against the Opposition.
The government affairs monitoring committee said it concluded that the rising cost of living, the lack of affordable housing and job opportunities, and household debt were among issues that led to public unhappiness.