At the rate of their spending spree, are BN leaders using real or Hell Bank Notes?

Hot on the heels of the revelation today that some RM25 million were spent on trips by the prime minister, his deputy and their spouses, the government also revealed another bombshell today; that close to RM49 million was spent annually for the upkeep of their palatial houses.

The bill, which comes to RM48,789,115.03, covers rental costs, renovations, electricity and water, according to a written reply from Minister in the PM’s Dept Nazri Aziz to PAS’ MP for Rantau Panjang Siti Zailah Yusof.

Zailah had requested to know the annual maintenance costs for the official residences now occupied by Najib Razak and Muhyiddin Yasin between 2006 and 2010.

Giving a breakdown of the yearly costs, Nazri revealed that the rental for both buildings came to RM32,972,115.55, renovations alone were worth RM3,581,744.78 with bills for electricity and water coming to RM10,267,868.15 and RM1,967,386.55 respectively.

Asked for her comments, Zailah said the people could now judge the lifestyles of the country’s leaders when at the same time the masses were told to tighten their belts.

“The people are told to take austerity measures, while the country’s leaders spent RM50 million a year on maintaining their houses,” she added.

Earlier, the parliament was told that RM25 million was splashed out for overseas trips made by Najib, Muhyiddin including their spouses.

In a written reply to MP for Batu, Tian Chua, a list of expenditure for trips by Najib and Rosmah showed some RM5.4 million being spent in the first six months of this year alone, more than the cost of trips in 2009 and 2008.

RM25 million - Overseas trips by PM, DPM and spouses. What are these trips for?

RM32.9 milion - Annual rental of palatial homes for PM and DPM

RM3.6 million - Home renovations in a year for PM and DPM

RM10.3 million - Electricity bill for a year for PM and DPM

RM2.0 million - Water bill for a year for PM and DPM

RM5.4 million - Spent on trips for first 6 months of 2011 alone by PM and his she-devil