COMMENT | On Feb 15, I penned an opinion piece headlined “The wheels are creaking and may come off at any time”. For a good measure, I explained: “The events and incidents – sometimes bizarre – reflect the state of affairs and the situation of hopelessness that the prime minister finds himself in these days.”

Less than four months later, to say that the wheels have come off and the system is kaputt (broken) would be an understatement. The ministers falling all over themselves in implementing the latest round of the movement control order (MCO 3.0) and the national vaccination programme only paints a more accurate picture – the wheels can’t be found to put the system back on the road.

Even the quadruple XL cabinet hasn’t been able to come up with anything except grandiose agendas which can only be viewed as poor publicity stunts.

You can no longer use the old bogeyman – the opposition – No one buys that overused and misused cliché. It’s not just those on the other side who are seething over the policies and procedures. The anger and frustration of ordinary folk is mounting over the continued non-delivery but have not pulled their punches.

If you thought that you had placated the people by getting your ministers and their deputies to take a pay cut for three months, you are certainly wrong. The people know better...