Sarawak to abide the Emer­gency procla­ma­tion to curb the Covid-19 pan­demic

We echo what our Right Honourable Chief Min­is­ter's statement on Sarawak's state elec­tion that can be held as soon as the Emer­gency procla­ma­tion to curb the Covid-19 pan­demic is re­voked.

Datuk Pat­inggi Abang Jo­hari Tun Openg who was interviewed by our local media on this matter had expressed his con­fi­dence that Sarawak abides and re­spects the Yang di-Per­tuan Agong AlSul­tan Ab­dul­lah Ri’ay­atud­din AlMustafa Bil­lah Shah’s de­ci­sion, adding that the Emer­gency was made in ac­cor­dance with the Fed­eral Con­sti­tu­tion.

How­ever, our Chief Minister had mentioned Sarawak would be able to con­duct the 12th State Elec­tion or PRN12 when the Covid-19 pan­demic in the state is brought un­der con­trol. If the sit­u­a­tion im­proves and the Agong is con­fi­dent that the sit­u­a­tion has im­proved, our Yang Dipertuan Agong can de­clare an­other procla­ma­tion which only in­volves cer­tain ar­eas (states) in Malaysia.

The Chief Minister had said the sharp in­crease in Covid-19 cases in Sarawak was due to the Pa­sai Clus­ter in Sibu, and if it could be stemmed, the pan­demic in the state would be un­der con­trol again. According to him, if we main­tain a high level of dis­ci­pline to com­ply with the SOPs (stan­dard op­er­at­ing pro­ce­dures) and it shows pos­i­tive de­vel­op­ment, the num­ber of cases will def­i­nitely be low­ered and hopefully after that, we can hold elec­tions. The cur­rent term of the Sarawak leg­isla­tive assem­bly will end on June 6, this year.