Malaysia: young people march through the streets to demand the resignation of the government
Young people came to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister in the streets of Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2021. AFP - ARIF KARTONO
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The black flag movement tried to make its anger heard on Saturday morning in the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
While Malaysia has been confined for more than two months, the cases of Covid-19 are only on the rise and citizen movements have urged the people to put white flags on their windows first to indicate they are hungry, then black flags to call for the overthrow of the government.
The handling of the pandemic prompted opposition parties to call for his resignation.
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Behind the black flags, masks, hats and facial shields, young faces have come to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister. But among the angry youth, not all were able to come, recalls this twenty-year-old graduate but unemployed boy: “
I have a lot of friends who could not come because their parents were afraid. I think Malaysians are often shy, reserved, I myself had some qualms about coming, but honestly I have nothing else to do in my life at the moment.
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Under the sounds of helicopters monitoring the procession, this young social worker admits not having told her family that she would go to protest.
For her, the government is conspicuous by its absence.
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Because of the government's inaction, we had to work ten times harder and we are not complaining, but if the government can continue to act as if nothing had happened, it is because there are all these social workers, these NGOs, these good works, which take over.
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The number of suicides on the rise in the country
Behind her veil and her glasses, another young woman has a number in mind to evoke the distress of Malaysians who have suffered a pandemic and a political crisis for more than a year: "
Every eight hours, a person commits suicide, because permanent stress or because she lost her job.
And even though everyone is confined, the positive cases are still very high and are only increasing.
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To respond to this political crisis, a sign suggests using the same barrier gestures used to fight the coronavirus: disinfect the government.
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See also: Malaysia: still illegal, suicide has increased dangerously since the pandemic
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