KUALA LUMPUR – The 90% score given to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s cabinet has drawn flak from DAP.
Party supremo Lim Kit Siang said the cabinet hardly deserves the passing mark of 50% and Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, although the best performing, does not get more than a passing grade.
“Would you give a 90% score for achieving at the end of the first 100 days more than twice the daily new Covid-19 cases and more than 16 times the daily Covid-19 deaths when compared to the day when emergency was declared?
“On Tuesday, Malaysia recorded 4,966 daily new Covid-19 cases and 66 Covid-19 deaths, which deteriorated to 5,466 daily new Covid-19 cases and 41 Covid-19 deaths yesterday. On Tuesday, we had cumulative totals of 2,667,999 Covid-19 cases and 30,719 Covid-19 deaths.
“When emergency was declared on January 11 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, we had 2,232 daily new Covid-19 cases and four Covid-19 deaths – and a cumulative total of 138,224 Covid-19 cases and 555 Covid-19 deaths,” said Lim in a statement today.
He added that Malaysia should not get a passing grade for combating the Covid-19 pandemic as it has been unable to end the longest 23-month Covid-19 wave in the world since September last year.
“Ismail Sabri must be credited with nullifying the ‘First 100 Days’ concept, making it utterly meaningless if his cabinet can get a 90%. How can anyone in the world fail in his first 100 days?”
Lim’s comments came after Ismail Sabri unveiled the 90% score during the launching of the 100-Day Aspirasi Keluarga Malaysia programme at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre yesterday.
The prime minister said it is not impossible to achieve full marks for key performance indicators if the whole cabinet continues to work closely with civil servants to give the best and most effective service it has to Keluarga Malaysia.
“Although the achievement did not meet the 100% target, various programmes have been and will continue to be implemented to safeguard the interests and well-being of the people, especially in facing the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Set aside all bureaucratic red tape. However, certain performances cannot be assessed from studies alone.The percentage achieved is not an excuse for us to indulge in chest-thumping but instead should motivate us to continue working with the people with greater determination and commitment,” Ismail Sabri had said.
Ismail Sabri said 140 targets had been set for implementation throughout the 100-day period, involving 31 ministers from five clusters – senior ministers, economy, social, security and infrastructure.
The prime minister said that on September 24, he decided that the 100-Day Aspirasi Keluarga Malaysia be gauged with a ministry’s core service given 50% weightage, minister’s performance assessment (25%) and public perception on minister and ministry (25%).
He said 190,914 members of Keluarga Malaysia were involved in studies conducted by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Unit to evaluate the achievements of ministers and ministries. – The Vibes, December 10, 2021
