Several freshly-elected KL MPs have promised to reform how the KL City Hall is run under a Pakatan Harapan federal government.

Among the reform measures being planned are to review and gazette a development plan for the capital city, implement open tenders for all projects, and bring back local council elections.

Speaking after a short meeting with KL Mayor Mohd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz today, Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil said that Harapan will review and gazette the KL City Plan and the KL Structure Plan.

“We want to review and gazette the KL City Plan and KL Structure Plan.

“I am very, very happy that Amin Nordin, as the mayor of KL, felt that I had used the right terms, that we need to review and subsequently gazette (the plans).

“He expressed willingness to assist with this process, this is very positive sign,” the PKR lawmaker told a press conference at the DBKL headquarters today.

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Despite being launched in 2008 and costing taxpayers RM30 million to draft, ex-Federal Territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor revealed last year that the KL City Plan 2020 would not be gazetted.

Residential associations had previously lobbied Harapan to gazette the KL City Plan 2020 into law.

No more ‘negotiated tenders’

Meanwhile, Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun told the same press conference that there will be “no more negotiated tenders” under a Harapan led government.

“For all land sales there will be no more negotiated tenders, all projects will be subject to open tender.

“A new government means a new management, we will ensure DBKL follows the new government’s instructions,” Fong said, adding that people could expect a “more transparent and accountable” DBKL.

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng added that in their meeting with the mayor, he had requested a “detailed report” on all land sold without open tender under BN.

“I want a detailed report on the lack of open tender for the plots of DBKL land sold under Tengku Adnan,” Lim said.

Harapan lawmakers alleged last year that 45 plots of DBKL land had been sold without open tender since Tengku Adnan became the Federal Territories minister.

At the time, he had responded by saying the lawmakers had “misled” the public on the issue, contending that the land had been sold for affordable housing projects but did not address whether open tenders were implemented.

Local council elections

Lim also reiterated that Harapan MPs will work to revive local council elections, which were last held in Malaysia in 1965.

“The ultimate goal is to bring back local government elections.

“Within the next 100 days I will try to come out with the legal framework and mechanism for this,” said the DAP lawmaker.

In the lead-up to the 2008 election, DAP had promised to push for the reintroduction of local council elections but the move stalled following disagreement from its then-Pakatan Rakyat ally PAS.

RAs have continued to pressure for local council elections since.

Lim further warned all political appointees to both the DBKL’s board of advisors and the Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan to “do the right thing,” stopping short of urging them to resign.

“To the political appointees, you know what to do lah, do the right thing now.

“The rakyat has spoken,” he said.