Minister Discusses Energy Security Crisis

Uh, because, you know, I, uh, uh, as a minister, I

think you're, you're recruited to be calm.

And, uh, and you're not recruited to be panicking.

'Cause when you panic, you actually lose

the narrative.

And you would probably notice,

and urge our friends in the media to check,

that, uh, in the midst of, not probably, definitely the

biggest energy security

crisis that this has-- world has ever seen,

I haven't uttered a single word.

And I intend to maintain that record simply because

I believe

being silent

is a type of

talking.

And, uh,

for me to be silent

is an admission,

a humble admission

of the fact that I don't know what will happen,

not tomorrow,

but even in half an hour time.

So if you don't know

what will be happening,

you might as well be humble enough to say, "I don't

know it, and I'd rather preserve my self-respect

and the respect that people

may have for me."

And this is the very core of the situation today.

Uh, there are so many

moving parts.

There are so many unknowns.

Uh, there are things that you think it became

a reality, but then you wake up in the next morning,

and the reality is no

longer a reality. It's a pipe dream,

or it is an imagined, uh,

hope or wishful thinking.

So in these circumstances, one would,

uh, uh, again, rely on his

sensibilities and say, "If you don't know it,

be silent." And as I said earlier, being

silent is a, a form

of talking.

Thank you.