Tweeters also aired their frustrations after it was announced that a new deputy tourism minister would be sworn in today, asking why it was necessary as borders remain shut and Parliament is suspended.

They said the emergency implemented since January had failed to bring down the number of infections.

At the time of writing, there were almost 27,000 tweets after the hashtag was created 16 hours ago.

Tweeter Adjective said: “No use using the darurat, covid cases are on the rise, Parliament is hung and ministers are still getting full salary. How long more do you want to leech on our tax money?”

“Amy” voiced out that Putrajaya is “killing off the tourism industry by banning interstate travel because they can’t even manage SOPs properly”.

“Roman Akramovich” asked the government the reason for still implementing the emergency, stating it had failed to curb the number of cases after 2,148 new infections reported yesterday.

Tweeter “nomoxKL” felt it was pointless to appoint a new deputy tourism minister at this point as Parliament was still suspended.

“Anas Banas” wrote that it had been a year since the new government came to power but people were still unable to cross state borders to “balik kampung” for Raya, businesses were forced to shut at midnight, prices of consumer products were rising, and salaries low.

STAR secretary-general, Senator Guan Dee Koh Hoi, took his oath of office as deputy tourism, arts and culture minister before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah at Istana Negara today.

Malaysia has so far undergone two lockdowns, called after the movement control order (MCO) was imposed from March to May last year and again in January to March this year.

Hari Raya Aidlifitri falls on May 13 and the ban on interstate travel will likely not be lifted.

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