Get Muhyiddin, Anwar and AG to investigate wrongdoings in report, says opposition

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will not do justice investigating the Auditor-General's Report the opposition said today and suggested that a high-powered, three-man panel be set up to take on the task instead.

This panel, they said, can investigate and act against those found to have misused taxpayers’ money.

"The panel must be made up of Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Auditor-General himself," DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today.

He added that the three men named are powerful enough to do the job.

"At the end of the day, PAC is controlled by the government given the 9:5 ratio. What type of enforcement can we expect in the wake of too many cases of misappropriation of government funds?" asked Lim, who is also DAP's Bagan MP.

"We are offering a genuine suggestion and we are not always out to criticise," Lim told a press conference at Parliament.

He added that the PAC is only responsible for compiling investigation reports and is therefore seemingly useless.

He was accompanied by PAS vice-president and Pokok Sena MP Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Kulai MP and DAP assistant national publicity secretary Teo Nie Ching and PKR deputy president and Gombak MP Mohamed Azmin Ali.

In an immediate response, PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said it was unfair of the Opposition to describe the committee as "useless" and "irrelevant".

"The Auditor-General's report was only made public yesterday and the committee members are still going through it before deciding on the next course of action," he told The Malaysian Insider.

"They are not being fair to PAC. We are still in the midst of reading the report and one cannot expect a response this fast."

He added that the next course of action would take a long time as further inquiries needed to be carried out.

"We have to be fair to those involved... in Penang itself, there are still many unresolved issues," he added, in a reference to the Pakatan Rakyat-ruled state.