{"id":14016,"date":"2020-05-29T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=14016"},"modified":"2020-07-10T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:46:09","slug":"the-pn-government-needs-to-show-political-will-in-the-issue-of-drunk-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/the-pn-government-needs-to-show-political-will-in-the-issue-of-drunk-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"The PN government needs to show political will in the issue of drunk driving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1155\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/drunk-driver.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14020\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/the-pn-government-needs-to-show-political-will-in-the-issue-of-drunk-driving\/drunk-driver\/\" class=\"wp-image-14020\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Image source: Mole.my<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We refer to the drunk driving incident that caused the death in Kuantan, as reported by the media on 26 May 2020. This is the second tragedy that have ended with the loss of life within the Movement Control Order period, after the death of the late Corporal Safwan Muhammad Ismail earlier this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration through former transport minister Anthony Loke had already announced that the then government will amend the Road Transport Act 1987 to give harsher penalties for driving under the influence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the amendments include lifetime suspension of their driver\u2019s license. The Bill was scheduled to be tabled to Parliament this year. This shows that PH had the political will to handle this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, we don\u2019t see the same political will from the current PN administration. The drunk driving issue which was once a huge matter when Barisan Nasional (BN) and PAS were in the Opposition, no longer seems to be their priority once they have established a government. They only distributed an online survey by the Ministry of Transport and suggested the establishment of a Cabinet Special Committee when what should have been done is the amendment of existing laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, we urge the PN government to show political will in this issue by holding a Parliament sitting as soon as possible so that the amendment bill could be tabled and approved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signed by: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Su Keong Siong<br>Member of Parliament for Kampar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Sim Chee Keong<br>Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Lau Kiong Yieng<br>Member of Parliament for Lanang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chan Foong Hin<br>Member of Parliament for Kota Kinabalu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wong Shu Qi<br>Member of Parliament for Kluang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen<br>Member of Parliament for Bandar Kuching<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoong Jin Zhe<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Luyang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J Arul Kumar<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Nilai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chiong Yoke Kong<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Tanah Rata<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edry Faizal<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Dusun Tua<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satees Muniandy<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Bagan Dalam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Umar Bagharib Bin Ali<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Paloh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teh Swee Leong<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Kota Darul Aman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lim Yi Wei<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Kg Tunku<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young Syefura Othman<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Ketari<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel Gooi Zi Sen<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Pengkalan Kota<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Lee Chun Kit<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Pulau Tikus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerk Chee Yee<br>State Legislative Assembly Representative for Ayer Keroh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhammad Shakir Ameer<br>Vice Chairman of National DAPSY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Syahredzan Johan<br>Political Secretary for Iskandar Puteri MP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joint media statement by DAP leaders in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image source: Mole.my We refer to the drunk driving incident that caused the death in Kuantan, as reported by the media on 26 May 2020. This is the second tragedy that have ended with the loss of life within the Movement Control Order period, after the death of the late Corporal Safwan Muhammad Ismail earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14016"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14025,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14016\/revisions\/14025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}