Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today asked Pakatan Rakyat not to be "hypocritical" over the pay rise of its state lawmakers in Selangor which was announced last week.
In his first public attack on Pakatan over the matter, Najib said that with the pay rise, "the pay of their speaker is almost as much as the pay of the PM".
He was addressing MIC delegates during the party's AGM in Malacca today morning.
"When I stood up in Parliament two years ago to talk about bigger allowances for MPs, they objected and said they are champions of the people's interests. Now they are just enriching themselves," Najib said.
In his first public attack on Pakatan over the matter, Najib said that with the pay rise, "the pay of their speaker is almost as much as the pay of the PM".
He was addressing MIC delegates during the party's AGM in Malacca today morning."When I stood up in Parliament two years ago to talk about bigger allowances for MPs, they objected and said they are champions of the people's interests. Now they are just enriching themselves," Najib said.
"That is why BN is consistent, unlike the opposition."
However, his speech was met with an unusually muted reaction by some 1,500 delegates, who hardly cheered during his speech.
Najib sets condition
Contrary to normal practice before the general elections, Najib did not announce any extra allocations for MIC or for Indians during his speech today, even though president G Palanivel earlier asked for an RM3 billion allocation for easy loans for Indians.
Instead, Najib said MIC must show it can deliver votes to BN first before it can truly consider itself a representative of the Indian community.
"If you ask for more allocation, that is not a problem. We can always improve. But then show me the results first (of previous allocations). Show me implementation," he said.
He went on to say that when the government provides allocations to Tamil schools, the school authorities spend time "fighting over who gets contract."
"That's why I say implement first," Najib said.
While claiming that Indian support has returned to BN, Najib said he was still not satisified because the level of support "must be overwhelming".
"If you ask for more allocation, that is not a problem. We can always improve. But then show me the results first (of previous allocations). Show me implementation," he said.
He went on to say that when the government provides allocations to Tamil schools, the school authorities spend time "fighting over who gets contract."
"That's why I say implement first," Najib said.
While claiming that Indian support has returned to BN, Najib said he was still not satisified because the level of support "must be overwhelming".
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