The Coalition of Good Governance (CGG) said today it was yet to receive any invitation to submit nominations for NGO members in the local councils across Selangor by the end of January 2014.

The coalition said this in response to the claim by Selangor executive councillor for local government, Teng Chang Kim, that NGOs had yet to submit their nominations for the councillor positions for the NGO segment.

Teng said over the weekend that NGOs had "jumped the gun" with their concerns about NGO representation dropping in local council quotas.

"On the nomination of councillors by NGOs, we cannot be expected to nominate when no invitation had been sent to us by your exco (Teng) for us to do so.

“For the record, we look forward to receiving your invitation," CGG, a coalition of 55 NGOs including Empower and Komas, said in a statement.

NGOs also not told of guidelines for nominations

CGG also said any guideline on the nominations was also beyond their knowledge and that they would be contacting the Selangor EconomicPplanning Unit (Upen) to furnish them with the relevant guideline on the matter.

It then asked for a full list of all NGO councillors in the state, pointing out that they coalition would then determine who among the list have a "legitimate track record" in the NGO circle.

"For the record, we would like to request a list of councillors in all Selangor councils that you (Teng) deem fall under the NGO sector. We will revert to you and let you know how many on the list have a legitimate track record within the NGO circle," it said.

"We hope the above points explain our position that CGG has not jumped the gun and has been extremely patient for the last five years, watching the erosion of our NGO quota and the sincerity of election promises," the statement further said.