Fahmi: Wan Fayhsal should zip it

 

Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal should “keep his mouth shut” if he does not know anything, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

Fahmi (above) joked that the Bersatu Youth chief might have printed his own draft agreement on constituency funds considering that the latter had previously suggested printing money as a solution to economic issues.

“I think if the Machang MP doesn’t know anything, he should just keep his mouth shut,” Fahmi said at a press conference in Parliament this morning.

The minister said he had checked with the Prime Minister’s Department, the chief political secretary and several other political secretaries.

“For now, there isn’t one,” Fahmi said about the draft.

‘Draft exists’

In response, Wan Fayhsal said the draft does exist and can be verified by Perikatan Nasional whip Takiyuddin Hassan, who was also present.

During a press conference with other PN MPs in Parliament, Wah Fayhsal asserted that he was not lying about the matter.

“For those who are talking about whether the draft exists or not, I can verify that it initially did.

“But whether those in the government were informed of it, I don’t know,” he said.

Wan Fayhsal said earlier that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim gave opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin a draft agreement on constituency funds through a representative.

Bersatu Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal

In an exchange with PKR MP Mohammed Taufiq Johari, Wan Fayhsal alleged that the act was carried out surreptitiously after Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof denied the existence of the draft agreement yesterday.

“What you don’t know is that Anwar had already sent his representative to hand over the document to the opposition leader.

“PMX doesn’t tell you everything. So neither you nor the deputy prime minister would know. It’s not fake news,” he said in a post on X responding to Taufiq, who had criticised the opposition for issuing statements while negotiations were still ongoing.

“Before any agreement or detailed discussion has taken place, (the opposition) has started spreading false stories,” said Taufiq, who went on to criticise Perikatan Nasional as being synonymous with fake news.

Yesterday Fadillah said there is no such draft agreement on the allocation demands of opposition lawmakers with the government as claimed by PN leaders.

The government’s chief whip said no draft document was submitted or received during his meeting with Hamzah in Parliament on March 19.