Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng said the Perikatan Nasional government must stop dithering on the multiple crises plaguing the country.

"The new unelected government should take charge immediately and stop dithering in managing the severe economic and health crisis brought on by the Covid-19 and precipitous drop in oil prices.

"For the new government not to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday when Malaysia recorded 190 new Covid-19 cases, an increase of 80 percent to 428 cases, is clearly an abdication both of duty and responsibility...