COMMENT | Last week, the principal private secretary to the prime minister, Dr Marzuki Mohamad, uploaded a video on his Facebook page. In the said video, Marzuki spoke about the National Operations Council (NOC) or better known as Mageran and how, in his view, the formation of Mageran would not be appropriate at this point in time.

His video raised a few eyebrows. It was published during the time when the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) met with leaders from political parties to discuss matters relating to the Covid-19 crisis. At that time, there was no indication that any of those discussions were about the formation of Mageran or anything similar...