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PAS vice-president Mahfuz Omar took aim at the cabinet for approving Rosmah Mansor's trip to Qatar in a government-funded executive jet.

He claimed that being designated a national representative had paved the way for the prime minister’s wife to "interfere in the administration of the country".

NONE "When the US president Barack Obama could not come to Malaysia, he sent his representative here. He did not send his wife here, did he?" Mahfuz (right) asked at a press conference in the Parliament lobby today.

"This is a cabinet that has no dignity (tidak bermaruah) .”

The Pokok Sena MP also said the cabinet has no business in approving Rosmah's trip to represent the country.

"If the prime minister wants to send a representative, he could send a minister, not his wife," Mahfuz said.

"The prime minister also sent a letter through his wife, inviting the Qatar government head to come and visit Malaysia.”

Rosmah should not have delivered an official invitation on behalf of the government, he added.