PKR urges Umno not to mislead public over rural road projects
PKR deputy secretary-general Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad has denied allegations from Umno that the government is cancelling rural road projects in Sabah and Sarawak. He clarified that the Ministry of Finance has only deferred new tender acceptances to improve procurement governance following an Auditor-General's report.
Why it matters
This reflects internal political friction within Malaysia's coalition government regarding regional development funding and administrative transparency.
MELAKA, Oct 30 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has urged Umno not to mislead the public about the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) directive to postpone the issuance of new Letters of Acceptance (SST) for rural road projects.
PKR deputy secretary-general Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad stressed that deferring the SST is not the same as cancelling rural development projects, as alleged by Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.
“Do not conflate the deferral of the SST 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 yesterday.
He was commenting on Asyraf Wajdi’s statement yesterday, in which the latter, among other things, urged the MoF to withdraw its directive to cancel rural development projects in Sabah and Sarawak.
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