On June 15, 2021, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled a four-phase lockdown plan outlining the intended milestones to herd immunity by the end of the year. However, the plan is only the first step to tackle the recent wave of infections.
Is it any more stringent and effective to curb the pandemic and protect our economy? Have a look at REFSA's quick comparison between MCO 1.0 and the current FMCO.
Instead of blanket lockdowns, REFSA proposes #ProjekMuhibah Policy 1, which comprises a targeted Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, Support and Vaccinate (FTTISV) framework.
"Fungsi Parlimen seharusnya dipandang sama penting dengan peranan kerajaan dalam membendung wabak Covid-19 dan usaha memulihkan negara." - Fakhrurrazi Rashid, Koordinator Penyelidik REFSA.
Kerajaan wajar membuka parlimen dengan segera, menyahut seruan pembangkang untuk bekerjasama dalam menangani wabak Covid-19 secara telus dan terbuka. Tindakan ini adalah contoh terbaik kepada rakyat bahawa parlimen adalah medan mencari soluis demi kesejahteraan rakyat.
REFSA Communications Director, Iskandar Fareez shares with BFM the current pitfalls of the Government's National Recovery Plan.
We should seize the opportunity during this lockdown to increase testing capacity to reach millions daily in line with suggestions by experts and policymakers, writes Iskandar Fareez.
In a Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) forum, REFSA Communications Director Iskandar Fareez discusses the pitfalls of the current GLC ecosystem, their role in battling the ongoing pandemic and the need to reorient their purpose to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth.
REFSA Comms’ Director, Iskandar Fareez shares why the National Recovery Plan proposed by the government focuses too much on the short term and did not go far enough to face the dynamic challenges at hand.
Parlimen hibrid sebenarnya adalah jalan tengah yang membolehkan Parlimen berfungsi menyemak ketelusan kerajaan ketika kes jangkitan Covid-19 masih tidak menentu. Ikuti pandangan Fakhrurrazi Rashid, Koordinator Penyelidik REFSA mengenai parlimen hibrid.