Don’t mislead public over rural road projects, PKR tells Umno
PKR deputy secretary-general Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad has challenged Umno to provide evidence regarding claims that the government is cancelling rural road projects. He clarified that the finance ministry has only deferred new letters of acceptance while reviewing procurement procedures.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions in Malaysia regarding public fund management, transparency, and the distribution of development allocations to states like Sabah and Sarawak.
PKR deputy secretary-general Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad (left) dares Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki to produce documents showing the list of projects being cancelled.
MELAKA: PKR has urged Umno not to mislead the public about the finance ministry's directive to postpone the issuance of new letters of acceptance for rural road projects.
PKR deputy secretary-general Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad said deferring these letters of acceptance was not the same as cancelling rural development projects, as alleged by Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.
"Do not confuse the deferral of these letters of acceptance for rural road projects with allegations of a wholesale cancellation of road, water supply and electricity projects.
“If there is indeed an instruction for cancellation, produce the relevant documents and the list of the projects in question,” he said in a statement today.
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