Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has been urged to immediately explain why KLIA2 has failed safety inspections, delaying further the opening of the long-awaited budget airline terminal.

PKR’s Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar (left) said these developments contradict the minister’s claim last month that the terminal was guaranteed to receive a Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) by Jan 31.

"Is (Hishammuddin) only repeating the guarantee given by the contractors UEMC-Bina Puri, without taking into account reports from other overseeing agencies?" Nurul Izzah asked in a statement.

She also said a statement by UEMC-Bina Puri that the CCC has not been issued due to an “unexpected issue” is unacceptable.

Nurul Izzah noted that inspections by the Sepang Town Council, Fire and Rescue Services Department and Indah Water Consortium had revealed that 65 percent of the main terminal building does not meet safety requirements.

"If two-thirds of the building do not meet safety specifications, this is the result of shoddy construction work," she noted.

KiniBiz reported yesterday that the low-cost carrier terminal, touted to be the world’s largest, had failed to get its CCC after sewerage pipes beneath the main building were found to be damaged due to soil settlement.

UEMC-Bina Puri has given its assurance that repairs would be carried out immediately.

Hishammuddin, who had toured the construction site on Jan 7, had declared the facility to be “98 percent complete” . It is slated to open in May.

Completion of the project has been delayed three times since the tender was awarded in 2009, while the cost has doubled to RM4 billion.

Nurul Izzah also said she would ask Parliament to form a bipartisan select committee to look into the delayed project, among others, at the new sitting next month.

"The Parliament reform agenda will scrutinise these issues... It's time that the principles of check-and-balance and the doctrine of separation of power are implemented to enhance Parliament's role through the committee," she said.

The other ‘reform’ committees proposed include one each for fiscal policy, home security, domestic and international trade, education and public transport issues, Nurul Izzah added.