He said instead of sending the wife, the prime minister should have sent his minister or an official to attend the 4th Qatar International Business Women.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet’s decision to allow Rosmah Mansor to travel on a government jet for an official visit to Qatar signals that the prime minister’s wife is meddling in government affairs.
Stating this at the Parliament lobby today, PAS’ Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar said Rosmah has no capacity to represent the country, what more on an official visit to foreign soil.
“The cabinet decision is pointing to the prime minister wife’s meddling in government affairs. This cabinet is irresponsible and without dignity in making decision in the interest of one person,” he said.
He was referring to Minister in the Prime Minister Shahidan Kassim statement on Monday that Rosmah is allowed to travel on government jet provided that the cabinet endorses her trip.
Shahidan also said the cabinet adhered to the principles of responsibility and transparency when approving Rosmah’s recent trip to the 4th Qatar International Business Women.
Mahfuz said instead of sending the wife, the prime minister should have sent his minister or official to attend an important meeting.
If the invitation is indeed addressed to the prime minister’s wife, then Rosmah should have gone without using the public resources, he added
‘Imagine the prime minister comes to the cabinet and says ‘hey, my wife needs to go overseas, please approve her trip’, how funny is that,” he told FMT after the media conference.
“If (the fourth prime minister) Mahathir Mohamad once said (the fifth prime minister) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was controlled by the fourth floor boys, then Najib is now controlled by his wife,” he added.
He urged the government to cease the nepotism practice.
Najib’s overseas’ trips were put under the microscope recently after Seremban MP Anthony Loke highlighted that a whopping RM182 million was spent by Najib on 372 flights to 339 destinations.
The issue was brought into the Dewan later, as Azalina Othman (BN-Pengerang) pointed out that Rosmah was invited by the organiser to the forum.
“I accompanied her to the forum. Nothing is wrong with the visit because she was invited, and it is a form of recognition for her work and ability,” she said.
Khalid Samad (PAS- Shah Alam) and Hanipa Maidin (PAS- Sepang) however said the main issue is that she boarded a government jet to Qatar, and it is a conflict of interest for the prime minister who chaired the cabinet meeting to approve her trip.
Meanwhile, when asked to comment later, the prime minister’s special advisor to the United States Jamaluddin Jarjis said he believed even Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim who served as the Selangor economic advisor would be paid for his overseas trip representing the state.
“Is he even a Selangor assemblyman? No! I think the people are wise enough to judge the issue,” he said.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet’s decision to allow Rosmah Mansor to travel on a government jet for an official visit to Qatar signals that the prime minister’s wife is meddling in government affairs.Stating this at the Parliament lobby today, PAS’ Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar said Rosmah has no capacity to represent the country, what more on an official visit to foreign soil.
“The cabinet decision is pointing to the prime minister wife’s meddling in government affairs. This cabinet is irresponsible and without dignity in making decision in the interest of one person,” he said.
He was referring to Minister in the Prime Minister Shahidan Kassim statement on Monday that Rosmah is allowed to travel on government jet provided that the cabinet endorses her trip.
Shahidan also said the cabinet adhered to the principles of responsibility and transparency when approving Rosmah’s recent trip to the 4th Qatar International Business Women.
Mahfuz said instead of sending the wife, the prime minister should have sent his minister or official to attend an important meeting.
If the invitation is indeed addressed to the prime minister’s wife, then Rosmah should have gone without using the public resources, he added
‘Imagine the prime minister comes to the cabinet and says ‘hey, my wife needs to go overseas, please approve her trip’, how funny is that,” he told FMT after the media conference.
“If (the fourth prime minister) Mahathir Mohamad once said (the fifth prime minister) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was controlled by the fourth floor boys, then Najib is now controlled by his wife,” he added.
He urged the government to cease the nepotism practice.
Najib’s overseas’ trips were put under the microscope recently after Seremban MP Anthony Loke highlighted that a whopping RM182 million was spent by Najib on 372 flights to 339 destinations.
The issue was brought into the Dewan later, as Azalina Othman (BN-Pengerang) pointed out that Rosmah was invited by the organiser to the forum.
“I accompanied her to the forum. Nothing is wrong with the visit because she was invited, and it is a form of recognition for her work and ability,” she said.
Khalid Samad (PAS- Shah Alam) and Hanipa Maidin (PAS- Sepang) however said the main issue is that she boarded a government jet to Qatar, and it is a conflict of interest for the prime minister who chaired the cabinet meeting to approve her trip.
Meanwhile, when asked to comment later, the prime minister’s special advisor to the United States Jamaluddin Jarjis said he believed even Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim who served as the Selangor economic advisor would be paid for his overseas trip representing the state.
“Is he even a Selangor assemblyman? No! I think the people are wise enough to judge the issue,” he said.
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