PR backbencher chief and PKR party whip Azmin is not happy with his colleagues, and not shy to speak up about it.
SHAH ALAM July 8 – Appearing to don an opposition mindset, PKR’s Azmin Ali broke party ranks and attacked the policies of his own Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration today and called for a reshuffle of Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s executive council.
The Bukit Antarabangsa lawmaker said the members of the state executive council were “getting too big for their boots” and were refusing to listen to others.
The PR backbencher chief and PKR party whip today did a better job at pointing out the shortcomings of the state government in the legislative assembly than the 20 Barisan National (BN) opposition members combined during a supplementary budget debate.
The disgruntled state lawmaker said he had been receiving a lot of complaints from the business community on excessive delays in approvals and this was stifling the economy of the state.
According to Azmin, the State Economic Action Council, which is supposed to facilitate approval of licences, had been turned into a court which also conducts investigations and prosecution.
Azmin also hit out at the state’s sand mining policy and claimed that the state had only managed to gain RM4 million from the activity although the mentri besar had projected RM150 million last year.
He also criticised the appointments of local councillors and said the process was conducted in a haphazard manner.
“Some candidates were appointed because they are close to Exco members while others are not qualified.” he said adding that he had received many complaints from the presidents of local councils.
During a press conference later, Azmin said he would leave it to Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim to decide how to reshuffle his team but did hint that new faces should be appointed.
Khalid however downplayed Azmin’s ‘suggestion’ but said he welcomes the views of the lawmakers.
“He is merely expressing the views of the people he represents at his constituency, which is his right,” he said while denying that Azmin’s outburst was damaging PR credibility.
Khalid said his executive council would act on the grouses highlighted by Azmin but declared he had no intention of reshuffling his team.
“I have a good team and we work well with each other.”
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