'Insensitive and selfish' – Harapan Youth crashes into MB's new car
The purchase of an RM200,000 Lexus ES as the new official car for Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu has revealed his "hypocrisy and selfishness", said the state's Pakatan Harapan Youth.
"(This) shows his hypocrisy and insensitivity towards the rakyat’s situation in facing challenges and tough times dealing with the economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic...
The purchase of an RM200,000 Lexus ES as the new official car for Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu has revealed his "hypocrisy and selfishness", said the state's Pakatan Harapan Youth.
"(This) shows his hypocrisy and insensitivity towards the rakyat’s situation in facing challenges and tough times dealing with the economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"His (Faizal's) hypocrisy has become more obvious lately, where even though he portrays a 'cool' image, but behind that image, he is always making decisions and taking actions that only benefit himself," it said in a statement today.
The statement was jointly released by Perak Amanah Youth chief Khairol Najib Hasim, Perak DAP Youth chief Chaw Kam Foon and Perak PKR Youth chief Mohamad Hairul Amir Sabri.
Previously, Faizal had reportedly said the state government bought him a new car because one of the 16 Toyota Camry cars in the state government’s fleet was sold to former state legal advisor Rohana Abd Malek, who retired last December.
"She asked to buy it. She was our longest-serving legal advisor, so we approved it (the sale).
"She still needed to pay over RM100,000 for it, which is cheaper than getting it from outside," he had said.
However, Perak Harapan Youth questioned whether the car sold to the retired officer was the unit allocated to her or the one used by Faizal (above).
"If the vehicle was the one used by the officer, then the new replacement vehicle should be equal and around the same price range as the original price of the (Camry) car.
"Why is Faizal the one who got a new car, which is more expensive than the Camry used by the other exco members and executive officers?" they asked.
This seems as if the menteri besar had exploited the opportunity to buy himself a more expensive car to replace the Camry, they added.
"The decision to buy a new car with a price tag that is not equal to those used by the exco members and other executive officers is a selfish act that does not take into consideration the country’s economic situation under the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Faizal does not empathise at all with the rakyat's situation where thousands in the state have lost their source of income and jobs," they said.
As such, Perak Harapan Youth condemned Faizal's action of spending a large sum of money from the state’s coffers to buy himself a luxury vehicle and hiding it behind an unreasonable excuse.
Faizal had also courted flak for replacing the state government's fleet of Proton Perdana with Toyota Camry cars last year.
According to Faizal, his new Lexus ES sedan cost the state government around RM200,000.
The 2.5-litre car is made in Japan and its retail price in the open market begins at RM300,000 for the basic model.
Greedy corrupt politicians..ypu forget its is the people that vote you in..andyou are using taxpayers monwies..not government money. There is no such thing as govt monies only taxpayers monies.. Margaret Thatcher.. All rakyat malaysia must remember this..it is tax payers monies.. Even you this govt use brim prihatin whatever lah to give to b40..they are using hard earned taxpayers monies to give to those who are jobless for whatever reason they are jobless including being lazy dumb and stupid and entitled....
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