Oppositions MPs cry foul over deputy minister's directive to Welfare Dept on Covid-19 food aid to selected coordinators
Oppositions MPs cry foul over deputy minister's directive to Welfare Dept on Covid-19 food aid to selected coordinatorsBalik Pulau MP Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik from PKR, confirmed the letter and told Malay Mail that he had given 1,000 names to receive the food basket, but received none. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
“So the 1,000 names that we submitted, they didn't even look at the list. They have been distributing the food baskets to all those people whose names are not on the list at all,” the former tourism, arts and culture deputy minister said lamenting the “dirty politics” behind the government's initiative for the needy.
Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin also shared Muhammad Bakhtiar's sentiments saying the distribution line which he accused was based on politics rather than needs. “So we cooperated and we had submitted the names of the recipients on April 6, and then suddenly this letter came,” he said, referring to Mansor's letter.
“I think this is a nationwide issue. All PH MPs are facing similar problems. The Perikatan Nasional parties have hijacked the food baskets and divided it among their component parties, bypassing the usual government machinery, which is JKM, the district office and MPKK,” he told Malay Mail via Whatsapp.The DAP MP had previously shared a chart on her Facebook, which listed the parliamentary constituencies which had received the food baskets.
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