(Harakah daily) - KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 23: Several Pakatan Rakyat members of parliament have questioned the additional budget of RM459 million requested by the ministry of Women, Family and Community Development headed by Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, saying it was to fund UMNO's election campaign.
PAS Rantau Panjang member of parliament Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoh said it was irrelevant to fork out the additional funds as the recent National Key Results Area report indicated a reduction in the number of poor families requiring welfare assistance, which comes under the ministry's purview.
“If (welfare) recipients have been reduced, shouldn't the allocation also be reduced?
Strangely, this ministry asks for an additional budget of RM459 million, on pretext of helping the poor. This is clearly UMNO’s budget to face the coming election, and I strongly believe that this arrangement is made by UMNO Wanita to meet the people,” she said at the parliament lobby yesterday.
Shahrizat, the former Lembah Pantai MP who was defeated by Nurul Izzah Anwar in 2008, is also Wanita UMNO head.
PKR's Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin meanwhile asked Shahrizat to re-examine the total allocation needed, and pointed out that the ministry had no long term plan to address socio-economic problems.
“The allocation amounting to RM459 million shows a sharp increase of 87 percent from the original budget requested in 2011, which together will bring the total sum to RM1 billion for five ‘one-off’ categories in 2001.
"What’s worse, it's only for the next five months, August to December 2011. It also shows that the cost has risen approximately to RM92 million,” added Zuraida, who is also Wanita PKR chief.
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written by arazak, June 23, 2011 14:54:41
written by arazak, June 23, 2011 14:54:41
MT Readers,
Of course lah Mami Jarum Bollywood wants to steal more money than FLOM's First Lady. If First Lady has no Ministry but can steal mllions of RM from tax-payers' money mesti lah Mamai Bolloywwod wants to loot more money than FLOM First Lady! Mami Bollywood wants to outdone FLOM First Lady and "Curi-Curi" Ng Yen Yen.
Ini Harakah punya reporter pun satu . . . ., simple thing like this pun kena faham lah! Now all the female thieves in the UMNO-BN regime wants to show to their male thieves counterpart they can also loot massive amount of money.
Malaysia Boleh!
Of course lah Mami Jarum Bollywood wants to steal more money than FLOM's First Lady. If First Lady has no Ministry but can steal mllions of RM from tax-payers' money mesti lah Mamai Bolloywwod wants to loot more money than FLOM First Lady! Mami Bollywood wants to outdone FLOM First Lady and "Curi-Curi" Ng Yen Yen.
Ini Harakah punya reporter pun satu . . . ., simple thing like this pun kena faham lah! Now all the female thieves in the UMNO-BN regime wants to show to their male thieves counterpart they can also loot massive amount of money.
Malaysia Boleh!
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The people suffer becos of selective persecution of electorates! Only in Malaysia we have such balatant disregards to the people's choice of opposition MPs to represent them!
Still think BN is a great government? I don't think so.... I am very certain so, that this BN gahmen sucks!!!