{"id":7805,"date":"2021-01-12T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T09:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2021-01-12T17:56:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T09:56:13","slug":"now-not-suitable-time-to-hold-ge15-dr-mahathir-opines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=7805","title":{"rendered":"Now not suitable time to hold GE15, Dr Mahathir opines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PUTRAJAYA, Jan 12 \u00a0&#8212; Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad\u00a0said now is not a\u00a0suitable\u00a0time to hold the 15th\u00a0General Election\u00a0(GE15) as the country is still experiencing a spike in the number of new daily cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"not\" class=\"wp-image-7806\" width=\"435\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-350x195.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-800x445.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m of the opinion that, based on our experience during the Sabah state election, COVID-19 will continue to spread if the GE15 is held. Until today, it has not stopped. If we hold another general&nbsp;election,&nbsp;50 per cent of us (Malaysians) will probably be infected with COVID-19,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was met after launching the e-commerce platform,&nbsp;Herbee, by the Human Life Advancement Foundation (HLAF) and Dropee&nbsp;here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked whether he would contest in the GE15, Dr Mahathir said: \u201cI\u2019m 95 years old, I can&nbsp;hardly walk properly, you can\u2019t expect me to contest again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/politics\/news.php?id=1921040\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA, Jan 12 \u00a0&#8212; Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad\u00a0said now is not a\u00a0suitable\u00a0time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg",1074,598,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-300x167.jpg",300,167,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-768x428.jpg",640,357,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf-1024x570.jpg",640,356,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg",1074,598,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg",1074,598,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg",1074,598,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg",1024,570,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ecf7a96bfe07a573a455386c7b772c9a5f6edef585abf.jpg",720,401,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a>","tag_info":"Nation","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7807,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7805\/revisions\/7807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}