Equal allocation for MPs: Ask Hamzah about it - Fahmi tells Syed Saddiq

Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman should pose his question over the lack of allocations for opposition MPs to the opposition leader instead of the government, says Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

Slamming accusations made by the Muar MP over the matter, Fahmi (above), who is also the Pakatan Harapan communications director, said the opposition must first submit a proposal to the government regarding the distribution of allocations to their MPs.

"On May 8, Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof said the opposition has to submit a proposal if they wish to get the allocation for MPs.

“Hence, the process is already in place...so they need to conclude the negotiations (over the matter).

"But the problem now is, until today, the opposition has yet to come forward with its proposal... so to Syed Saddiq and others, if you want to know why opposition MPs have not yet received allocations, ask the Opposition Leader (Hamzah Zainudin)," he said in a video clip uploaded on Facebook today.

Yesterday, the Muar MP labelled the unity government as a “Nato” (no action, talk only) government, accusing it of failing to implement several reforms as promised before.

The three matters raised by Syed Saddiq involved allocations for the opposition, declaration of assets by ministers and the dropping of corruption cases.

On asset declarations, he said that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had. in January, stressed that several agencies were working on making the process for declaring assets clearer and transparent and that the premier himself had already declared his assets in October 2022, worth more than RM11 million.

"The statement issued by the prime minister regarding asset declaration in January was in reference to the ongoing process to fine-tune the asset declaration process.

“For more information, (Syed Saddiq) can submit his question in the MQT (Minister's Question Time) during the next full Parliament session,” he said.

On the dropping of Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's court case, Fahmi said the government was never involved in any legal decision made by the attorney-general (AG).

"In any DAA (discharge amounting to an acquittal) or DNAA (discharge not amounting to an acquittal), whether it is Zahid’s case or in the case of Muhyiddin (Yassin) (Perikatan Nasional chairperson) and others, the government was never involved.

"The AG has explained, Azalina Othman Said [Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)] has also explained, it’s the discretion of the AG under Article 145 (3) of the Federal Constitution," he said.

Criticising Syed Saddiq's accusations regarding Anwar's statement on the latter’s commitment not to drop any corruption cases in court in a policy speech during the 16th PKR National Congress, Fahmi said the Muda president's accusations were not made based on the proper context.

Fahmi said that Anwar's statement was in the context of the Harapan chairperson's efforts in 2020 and not after the formation of the unity government following the 15th general election.

- Bernama

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