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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

'10 more days for BN to milk public funds'


'10 more days for BN to milk public funds'
With nomination and polling day set on April 20 and May 5 respectively, the caretaker government under Najib Razak will have another 10 days to abuse government machinery for its election campaign.
PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man made this observation based on Information, Communications and Culture minister Rais Yatim's view that the BN was not wrong in using public-funded government tools as long as it is not during the official campaign period set by the Election Commission.
“Rais Yatim said yesterday it was okay for caretaker government to use government machinery before nomination day.
"So with Election Commission’s announcement today, does that mean BN has additional 10 days to abuse government apparatus to campaign?” asked Tuan Ibrahim.
Rais had said that a caretaker government could have access to government machinery before campaign period, in this case between April 20 and midnight of May 5. He further claimed that despite parliament dissolution on April 3, "government machinery for administration and executive functions remain as normal."
In contrast, the Penang state government under its caretaker chief minister Lim Guan Eng led other Exco members to surrender their official vehicles to the state secretary.
On Monday, a Malaysiakini journalist was threatened with assault when he attempted to get an UMNO leader's explanation over the use of government department vehicles during the launching of the BN command centre for the Batu parliamentary constituency.
Despite repeated complaints, the EC said it had no power to introduce guidelines on caretaker government to prevent misuse of public funds.
-Harakahdaily

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