#ProjekMuhibah Strategy 3 – Continued and Targeted Economic Assistance

In REFSA's #ProjekMuhibah series, Strategy 3 calls for continued and targeted assistance to businesses and individuals. See infographics here.
In REFSA's #ProjekMuhibah series, Strategy 3 calls for continued and targeted assistance to businesses and individuals. See infographics here.
The current lockdown is hurting the livelihood of Malaysians. Government must move past arbitrary distinctions between “essential” & “non-essential sectors, focusing instead on applying dynamic SOPs & targeted economic assistance to businesses.
Bagi menstabilkam keadaan politik, kesepakatan dwipartisan bagi menetapkan tarikh pilihan raya agar dapat meredekan suhu politik negara yang kian tidak menentu.
Iskandar Fareez opined that fiscal measures in PEMULIH are insufficient, calling for more injections. Instead of categorising businesses as ‘essential/‘non-essential’, mass preventive testing and risk-based assessments should be carried out to decide which businesses can reopen.
In #ProjekMuhibah Strategy 3, we propose a comprehensive strategy for governments to raise fiscal spending and provide immediate economic assistance to those hit-hardest by the pandemic.
The EMCO goes to show that the country still lacks a solid strategy to effectively control and manage the pandemic, with a continued reliance on misguided lockdowns that have been a lose-lose situation for lives and livelihoods.
Negara kita masih kekurangan strategi yang kukuh untuk mengawal dan menangani wabak COVID19 dengan berkesan, di mana kita terus bergantung kepada penutupan sektor ekonomi dan sosial yang membawa kepada situasi di mana kita melihat kerosakan kepada nyawa dan punca pendapatan rakyat.
加强式行管令的实行显示了我国在在抗疫这方面仍旧缺乏有效且稳固的策略。若继续一味的依赖封锁政策,将进一步导致国民的健康和生计无以为继。
Tempoh persidangan parlimen perlu ditambah sekurang-kurangnya 100 hari setahun agar ahli parlimen dapat menjalankan fungsinya sebagai penggubal undang-undang dan meneliti dasar kerajaan dalam JPK parlimen secara maksimum.
REFSA Communications Director Iskandar Fareez shares with The Malaysian Reserve that the recently-announced moratorium is insufficient and more fiscal measures are needed.