COMMENT | What does proper crisis leadership sound like?

COMMENT | Having now heard announcement after announcement about movement control orders (MCOs) (and announcements that announce future announcements), one burning question keeps popping up in my mind: Is it really that hard?

Is it really that hard to be a government that genuinely puts the people first, and makes logical policies reflecting that?

Look, I’m far from the smartest person in the country, I’m sure I’m not even the smartest person in my house. But I think even an idiot like me could sketch out the kind of announcement and policies Malaysians are dying to hear from a leader, instead of what we have been forced fed time and again.

Let me take a swing at it...