Query on agreements angers CM
Jaswinder Kaur
THE routine question-and-answer session turned fiery when Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman took an assemblyman to task over a question.
Philip Lasimbang (BN- Moyog), in a supplementary question, had asked if culprits involved in signing lopsided agreements had been penalised. Musa asked Lasimbang to be specific, to which the assemblyman responded that his statement was a general one.
Musa pressed him to tell the House which agreements he was talking about."Before the BN Government. Before this," Lasimbang said, trailing off."You must be specific. Don’t lie if you don’t have the facts and figures. "You are questioning the Government. You must know what you are talking about," Musa said, irritated.
He said Lasimbang should not "mislead the House" and must give examples so that action could be taken against those involved in signing such agreements."If it was in the past, then say it was in the past. "If it’s now, I want to know when. Which one? I will take action," said Musa, who is also Finance Minister.
Lasimbang then thanked Musa and said he was referring to agreements in the past and wanted to know what type of action was taken against those involved.Musa continued: "Maybe this happened in the past. There were lopsided agreements which the Government was tied to. We are addressing this. "There are tens and hundreds of cases with the Attorney-General’s Chambers and in the courts. "We receive suits and we also sue those who have done wrong things.
"These things can’t be solved in an instant. A single case takes years to solve." Musa also said it was unfair to say there was no improvement in the Government as its agencies were paying back their dues and those that were doing well were declaring dividends. A total of RM100 million was collected from government agencies last year.
Lasimbang’s supplementary question that rattled Musa came after Assistant Finance Minister Datuk Sapawi Ahmad said the Government was continuing to stress the need for prudent spending and that circulars had been issued on this matter.
THE routine question-and-answer session turned fiery when Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman took an assemblyman to task over a question.
Philip Lasimbang (BN- Moyog), in a supplementary question, had asked if culprits involved in signing lopsided agreements had been penalised. Musa asked Lasimbang to be specific, to which the assemblyman responded that his statement was a general one.
Musa pressed him to tell the House which agreements he was talking about."Before the BN Government. Before this," Lasimbang said, trailing off."You must be specific. Don’t lie if you don’t have the facts and figures. "You are questioning the Government. You must know what you are talking about," Musa said, irritated.
He said Lasimbang should not "mislead the House" and must give examples so that action could be taken against those involved in signing such agreements."If it was in the past, then say it was in the past. "If it’s now, I want to know when. Which one? I will take action," said Musa, who is also Finance Minister.
Lasimbang then thanked Musa and said he was referring to agreements in the past and wanted to know what type of action was taken against those involved.Musa continued: "Maybe this happened in the past. There were lopsided agreements which the Government was tied to. We are addressing this. "There are tens and hundreds of cases with the Attorney-General’s Chambers and in the courts. "We receive suits and we also sue those who have done wrong things.
"These things can’t be solved in an instant. A single case takes years to solve." Musa also said it was unfair to say there was no improvement in the Government as its agencies were paying back their dues and those that were doing well were declaring dividends. A total of RM100 million was collected from government agencies last year.
Lasimbang’s supplementary question that rattled Musa came after Assistant Finance Minister Datuk Sapawi Ahmad said the Government was continuing to stress the need for prudent spending and that circulars had been issued on this matter.
posted by Gundohing at
6:23 PM
2 Comments:
Wonder why the CM could get angry and sensitive over this kind of question.
Siapa makan cili dialah rasa pedas...
Sabahans.. when comes the next elections, they would willingly hand over their IC to BN rep. for somebody else to vote for them for a mere RM50.00. Just to give the BN to rape Sabah millions and got back many time the RM50.00 invested.
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