Thursday, February 26, 2009

Public Account Committee to act

Due to the current Political uncertainty and Constitutional Crisis in Perak, being the Chairman of the Public Account Committee, I will be calling up a meeting to inverstigate the following matters:-

(a) The rational and legality of the appointment and payment of salary and allowance of 4 “Advisors” to the purported MB for BN YB Zambry, namely Mr. Mohd Najumuddin Elies, Mr. Chang Ko Youn, Mr. S Veerasingam and Mr. Hamdi Abu Bakar.

(b) There are uncertainty over the status of 2 MBs and 2 EXCO line-ups in Perak. We belive that the new purported MB and EXCO are being paid their salary and allowance now. In the event the High Court in Kuala Lumpur rules againsty Zambry, the existing PR MB and EXCOs needed to be paid. There will be a double payment of salary.

Both the aforesaid items involved public funds. We have the duty to safeguard the public interest.