ADUN SPEAKS | NSC's double standard on Thaipusam

ADUN SPEAKS | I have recently observed that there is a certain degree of incongruity or dissonance between the National Security Council (NSC) and its relationship with the state, district and local governments.

This incongruity relates the perception that the federal agencies know best in terms of curbing the Covid-19 pandemic.

Once an agency, such as the NSC, comes out with the standard operating procedures (SOP), it is expected that the lower levels of governments just have to implement them without asking questions.

The fact that the state, district and local level governments might have better ideas of containing the pandemic probably never crossed the minds...