The 12 BN Selangor assemblypersons have decided to reject the RM200,000 annual allocation each, given by the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat government for development in their constituencies.

 

Opposition leader Shamsudin Lias said they felt "insulted" by the allocation as the amount allocated is not the same with Pakatan assemblypersons, who received RM700,000 each.

 

However, Shamsudin accepted the official car allocated to him by the Selangor government.

  

"We are rejecting the RM200,000 allocation on the principle of justice," he asserted.

Shamsudin, however, refused to comment when asked if the BN reps would have accepted a RM700,000 allocation.

"We don't want to discuss the matter any further," he said.

Yesterday, Azmin announced that the Selangor government will allocate RM2.4 million for the running of Program Mesra Rakyat, improving the services by elected representatives and to ensure democratic principles are adhered to.

He added that the allocations for Pakatan assemblypersons have been increased from RM100,000 a year to RM700,000, while state-appointed parliamentary coordinators also get RM100,000 a year.

His predecessor Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was also given an allocation as he is "the state assembly coordinator".

Khalid, who was sacked from PKR during the menteri besar crisis, is the Port Klang assemblyperson.

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