The government should not be blamed for the lack of standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance at Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s 100-day report card event last week because it was the event organiser who failed to deliver on its promises, said Senior Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

Whenever people request permission to organise events like this, he said they would promise to abide by all the SOPs and regulations but they often end up failing in terms of monitoring and enforcement.

“It is not fair to accuse the government of failing because it is the (organisers) who...