Walked past #coliseumcafekl last July, met Mr Foo, went in, snapped for posterity.
99 years of life, love & laughter now silenced by a pandemic, poor biz.
And today, here it stands.
Empty.
Except for our memories.
Tell you what's interesting in all this gobbledygook.
* Press statement issued when PM has diarrhoea
* Press statement issued when PM advises King to allow parliamentary sitting from July 26.
* NO Press statement when decision made to advise King to revoke EOs.
Strange but true.
This issue could have been a avoided if
* Govt gave statement on advice to King on EO
* Law Minister explained advice given but no assent
* Speaker allowed Law Minister to explain further rather than wait for Monday
Now we have 2 versions of what has or has not happened.
PM says Emergency
* not military coup
* no curfew
* civilian govt continues
* if King satisfied needs immediate action, can enact ordinances, ie emergency rules to mitigate #covid19, take over private hospitals, facilities, expertise to alleviate public hospitals burden
1/n
* enact ordinances to facilitate medical services
* get army, police involvement to assist civil matters in pandemic
* tighten borders against intruders
* enforce public health laws, raise penalties
* laws against economic sabotage, profiteering
* ordinances to be gazetted
2/n
* no parliamentary, state assembies until King says so
* no elections of any kind
* independence panel to advise King on emergency period
* not against GE, except pandemic in the way
* will hold GE once independent panel agrees pandemic over
* that's PM's commitment
3/n
So how did Malaysia get here?
9.5.18 - PH won GE14, Dr M is PM
16.5.18 - Anwar freed
13.10.18 - Anwar wins Port Dickson
31.12.19 - WHO receives notice of Covid-19
6.1.19 - Kelantan ruler quits as King
24.1.20 - Pahang Sultan made King
24.1.20 - Malaysia records 3 cases
1/4...
21.2.20 - PH meets on power transition
23.2.20 - Bersatu dines with Umno, PAS
24.2.20 - Dr Mahathir resigns as PM
24.2.20- Bersatu quits PH
29.2.20 - King says Muhyiddin has majority to be PM
1.3.20 - PN starts rule
22.9.20 - King in IJN for treatment
2/4...
23.9.20 - Anwar says has strong, convincing, formidable majority to be PM
26.9.20 - Sabah polls
26.9.20 - PN/BN win Sabah
3.10.20 - King discharged from IJN
13.10.20 - King gives audience to Anwar
13.10.20 - Umno political bureau says reconsidering support for Muhyiddin