A former aide to Muhyiddin Yassin has rubbished Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's proof that he signed a debt waiver scheme for Felda settlers.

Marzuki Mohamad said one of the documents released by Anwar was only an agreement for the periodical issue of government-guaranteed sukuk.

"It is not an agreement to absolve the debts of Felda settlers," Marzuki said in a Facebook post.

He added the sukuk agreement was part of a Muhyiddin-era cabinet decision in 2020.

Marzuki then called on the government to declassify the Oct 14, 2020 cabinet meeting minutes for public viewing to "avoid doubt" that the cabinet decided then to wipe out Felda settlers' debts.

Earlier today, Anwar released an assignment for Financial Service Reserve Account (FSRA), as well as a sukuk issuance order, to prove he signed off on a Felda debt waiver scheme.

The Finance Ministry, in a separate statement today, reiterated that the agreement was to give an RM9.9 billion government guarantee to Felda to restructure its debts through sukuk issuances and credit rounds.

The documents were released after Muhyiddin dared Anwar to do so, or face a defamation suit.

In his speech at the Felda Settlers Day reception in Serdang on July 7, Anwar claimed that an initiative to restructure and forgive Felda’s debts under Muhyiddin’s administration was promised but never materialised.

The Pagoh MP dismissed Anwar’s claims as a lie, citing a parliamentary reply from Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said on Feb 23 that the waiver was carried out in 2021, though the present government is unable to continue what he started due to cash flow problems.

Despite Muhyiddin’s denial, Anwar doubled down on his claim the following day, saying there was no allocation in the 2021 and 2022 federal budgets to waive the RM8.3 billion in debt.

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