Just like any other normal Malaysian citizen, Pakatan Harapan de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said today he took a commercial flight from Subang to Penang.
“No private jets. The difference between undertaking an official duty to accompany the deputy prime minister and a private official matter,” Anwar said in an Instagram post that featured him going through security at the Subang airport today.
This comes after netizens questioned why the children of Anwar and his wife, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, had followed them on a government jet to meet the mother of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid, in Kelantan last night.
Wan Azizah, Anwar and their children could be seen disembarking from a government jet in pictures posted on social media.
“Was the meeting between the deputy prime minister and the Agong’s mother an official matter? If it was, why were her (Wan Azizah’s) children also there?
“We need an explanation! We don’t want (former prime minister) Najib Abdul Razak’s kind of attitude to recur in this new administration,” said a Twitter user.
Wan Azizah’s eldest daughter, PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar, explained that they were on an official invitation.
“The whole family was invited.
“The attitude of previous leaders will not recur – using private jets to go on holidays and for private use. Thank you for the reminder, we will not compromise on such things,” Nurul Izzah tweeted
Apart from netizens, pro-BN Facebook page Friends of BN also questioned the use of a government jet by Wan Azizah’s children.
Jemputan rasmi, yang juga menjemput @drwanazizah sekeluarga. Sikap pimpinan lama tidak akan berulang, menggunakan jet utk bercuti dan keperluan peribadi. Terima kasih atas ingatan, kita sudah tentu tidak boleh kompromi twitter.com/thedukeofkl/st…
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