MB defends decision to let councillors move into exco village
(fz.com) – It is also learnt that the Selangor Mufti Datuk Mohd Tamyes Abdul Wahib has agreed to move into one of the bungalows.
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has defended the state government’s decision to allow its state executive councillors (exco) to live in the exco village in Section 7 here despite an earlier stance against it.
Justifying his decision, Abdul Khalid said the state government has been forking out funds to maintain the houses even though there were no occupants.
“Either way, our choice was to sell the property. But we think, it is not the right time for it,” he said when met after the state executive council meeting yesterday.
“We tried to rent out the houses but due to the design of the place, not many people were willing to do so at the price we wanted,” he added.
He said the state government had decided to rent the 10 bungalows at RM5,000 each a month.
This was partly due to the maintenance cost of the area, he added.
