KUCHING: The current increase in Covid-19 cases in the country is not the right time for Malaysia to change its government.
According to the Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (Insap) in a statement today, based on their two-day survey involving 696 respondents, most Malaysians are of the opinion that the new government will not be as stable as it currently is.
“Based on the survey, 54 percent of respondents disagree with the change of government while 49 percent (respondents) also do not agree that the new Malaysian government will be more stable if the current Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin resigns.
“Besides that, 68 percent of respondents agreed that all MPs should follow the advice of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to approve the National Budget 2021. In the same question, 24 percent of respondents disagreed and 8 percent abstained,” said Insap deputy chairman Jacob Lee.
The statement added, through the study, Malaysians also want the status quo in the federal government following the third wave of Covid-19 that is currently hitting Malaysia.
As of Nov 4, there were a total of 1,032 new positive cases with eight new deaths, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia to 35,425 and 271 total deaths, since last January.
“Realising the dangers of Covid-19, 43 percent of respondents in the study agreed that the movement control order (MCO) should be re-implemented even if it had to affect the economy.
“These data also show the main concern of Malaysians towards those who lose their jobs, after the Social Security Organisation (Socso) revealed that around 100,000 Malaysians were unable to work by the end of this year, last week.
“The youths also bear the burden of unemployment where the Ministry of Higher Education on Sep 28 said the unemployment rate among graduates this year jumped to 25 percent compared to 13.8 percent in 2019,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to the group perspective, as many as 80 percent of respondents aged 18-30 years agreed that all MPs should follow the advice of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and 64 percent of respondents from those aged 18-30 years and 31-40 years did not agree with the change of government.
