The election reforms group urges the finance minister to explain remarks that he could include a car park project in the next budget.
PETALING JAYA: Bersih 2.0 has taken Lim Guan Eng to task for suggesting that he would approve a parking project in Sandakan if DAP’s Vivian Wong wins the upcoming by-election there.
The election reforms coalition said remarks by the finance minister were no different from a speech by former prime minister Najib Razak which was condemned by the opposition at the time. “If the media reports are accurate, then it is reminiscent of former PM Najib Razak’s infamous speech in 2010 in the Sibu and Hulu Selangor by-elections, where he said, ‘You help me, I help you’, urging the crowd to vote for the BN candidate if they want him to give allocations for a new bridge in Sibu and a new school on Hulu Selangor.
“We would urge him to give his assurance that he will help resolve the car park issue even if Wong doesn’t get elected because he is the finance minister for all Malaysians regardless of political affiliation.” Bersih also questioned the Election Commission for removing a billboard put up by PBS panning Lim’s remark on the car park project.“While the billboard may be offensive to some, we cannot see any election offence committed that would require the EC enforcement team’s immediate action.”
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