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PARLIAMENT Only 15 percent of Pakatan Rakyat's promises published in its 2008 manifesto were implemented before the 2013 general election, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi claimed today.

NONE"Out of the research that we have done, 85 percent of their 2008 manifesto was not even implemented," Zahid told the Dewan Rakyat today.

He was responding to a supplementary question from Dr Latif Ahmad (BN-Mersing) about whether Pakatan can implement its 2013 election manifesto promise of creating one million job opportunities should it form the government.

Zahid went on to say that Pakatan's manifesto was "rubbish" and that the opposition would need to stay grounded and not "aim for the skies" with the promises it makes.

Ahmad Zahid also said that it is up to the people to decide if Pakatan is successful in implementing the promises made in its 2013 election manifesto.

Meanwhile during a press conference later, Ahmad Zahid said that his ministry would look into allegations that the United States is using its Kuala Lumpur embassy to tap telephone calls.

“We will study the allegation first, and we will see if there are any form of intelligence gathering,” he said, in reference to the allegations made by ex-US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden.

However, he said that the Foreign Affairs Ministry will take necessary action if that matter is found to be true.

Snowden allegedly said that the US embassy in KL is being used as an operations centre for intelligence gathering.