#RakyatJagaRakyat Condemns Double-Standard Between Netizens & Politicians Over COVID-19

By Karissa Lund  •  02 Oct 2020 in Features

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Over the past week, Malaysians have expressed disappointment regarding politicians and the whole Covid-19 situation. Many complained that the hashtag #KitaJagaKita has been hijacked and misused by politicians, thus many new hashtags were started by netizens like #RakyatIngat, #PoliticiansPuncaVirus, and one which really kicked off, #RakyatJagaRakyat.

The catchphrase (that translates to “citizens take care of citizens”) saw Malaysians sharing their frustrations towards politicians across various parties who netizens claim have prioritised election-campaigning over the nation’s wellbeing.

These past few days, has seen an uptrend in the usage of #RakyatJagaRakyat as new clusters surface, reportedly due to returnees from Sabah.

According to NST, 260 new positive-cases in Malaysia were recorded yesterday making it the second-largest daily spike since the pandemic began, and today, well, we are at the highest number of new cases at 287 cases which are all local cases according to the Health Ministry’s Twitter post.

Many netizens have also commented that most of the rakyat are trying their hardest to abide by the SOPs, however, the politicians are busy playing political games and breaking SOPs without proper repercussions – calling the situation a double standard.

Take a look:

When u see #RakyatJagaRakyat is trending, it’s a sign of government failure to take care of it’s citizens.

Or perhaps with MCO 2.0 / PKP 2.0 / Lockdown 2.0 trending, is a sign of authoritarian oppression by which we’re saying Enough is Enough!

— The Inquisitive Observer (@newstradr) October 1, 2020

1st October 2020 is the day where Malaysian are all done with some stupid politicians and political actions that caused the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia after last recorded in June.

So this time, it is #RakyatJagaRakyat !

— Nadia J 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾 (@AchuNadia) October 1, 2020

We need to do better. COVID-19 is dangerous and must be dealt with immediately. Stop making it harder for our frontliners!#RakyatJagaRakyat pic.twitter.com/tw2BupPVkX

— Life Bandits (@LifeBandits) October 1, 2020

Yall politicians were appointed by the people and literally work for the people, but have the cheek to order us to obey SOP while yall out there acting like clowns?? OMg kAu SEkoLaH kE tAk #RakyatJagaRakyat

— Madam Suezy (@therealsuezy) October 1, 2020

With respect DG.
How about all POLITICIANS stay at home for awhile?

Rakyat followed SOP for so long and it was controlled. Suddenly after Sabah, all hell broke loose. Dont punish us.#RakyatJagaRakyat https://t.co/s5kM7UvLY7

— Joker #RakyatJagaRakyat (@BadBoy2662) October 1, 2020

campaigning and election could have and should have been better handled. but fact is, many who have the authority are selfish and have personal agenda. so long as their personal needs are met, who cares about #rakyat, right? #RakyatJagaRakyat https://t.co/pTzTvjtxAY

— Adrian Tai (@adriantai) October 1, 2020

Babai menteri mentara tak guna
ᵃᵐᵃʳᵃⁿ ᵏᵉʳᵃˢ ⁻ ᵇᵘᵏᵃⁿ ᵘⁿᵗᵘᵏ ᵒʳᵃⁿᵍ ᵗᵃᵏ ˢᵘᵏᵃ ᵗᵉⁿᵍᵒᵏ ᵖᵒᵐᵖᵘᵃⁿ ᵖᵃᵏᵃⁱ ᵗᵘᵈᵘⁿᵍ ᵐᵉⁿᵃʳⁱ ᵐᵉⁿᵍᵃʳᵘᵗ#RakyatJagaRakyat#poliTHICK pic.twitter.com/9BwRXFcgQo

— . (@takaharasuiko) October 1, 2020

#clusterpoliticians #RakyatJagaRakyat pic.twitter.com/cdepHwQxef

— Maya karim (@amrulkareem) October 2, 2020

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer (modified to this context) #DeathOfDemocracy #RakyatJagaRakyat #PoliticiansPuncaVirus https://t.co/0n7Ch4ovIF

— you should have locked down sabah la bodohs (@couldadonemore) October 2, 2020

Our government and politicians have failed to lead by example, flouting RMCO rules and changing laws to suit their needs.

Do they not understand the repercussions of another PKP on the lives and livelihoods of the Rakyat?#RakyatJagaRakyat

— Muaz Mohd 🇲🇾 (@MuazMohd94) September 28, 2020

If there’s a rare chance a politician is reading this, we hope you’re not in this thread:

A compilation how YBs place themselves above the laws and rakyats#Malaysiaboleh https://t.co/MqooPycFJa

— jminjo51 (@jminjo41) September 30, 2020