Selangor menteri besar hopeful Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the state’s sizeable financial reserves are “meaningless” unless it is spent on public amenities and infrastructure.
The PKR president said while the state’s existing programmes and its RM3 billion in reserves are something to be proud of, there are still issues that need to be dealt with.
“We need to be focussed on people’s issues that need attention: garbage like in the case of Kajang, the roads in which the Malaysian Road Records Information System (Marris) funds allocated were unspent.
“If basic amenities for the state’s residents are neglected, the reserve funds don’t give much meaning,” she said in her policy speech at the PKR party congress today.
Her statement appears to be a veiled attack on the incumbent Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who has often boasted of his administrative acumen citing the reserves.
Many however have criticised the MB for not spending more of the reserves on the state's welfare and infrastructure.
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The PKR president said while the state’s existing programmes and its RM3 billion in reserves are something to be proud of, there are still issues that need to be dealt with.
“We need to be focussed on people’s issues that need attention: garbage like in the case of Kajang, the roads in which the Malaysian Road Records Information System (Marris) funds allocated were unspent.“If basic amenities for the state’s residents are neglected, the reserve funds don’t give much meaning,” she said in her policy speech at the PKR party congress today.
Her statement appears to be a veiled attack on the incumbent Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who has often boasted of his administrative acumen citing the reserves.
Many however have criticised the MB for not spending more of the reserves on the state's welfare and infrastructure.
[More to follow]
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