RM500 million was spent during Muhyiddin Yassin’s tenure.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has revealed that RM700 million was spent since 2020 to promote the government.
The bulk of the spending was handled by the Prime Minister’s Office for advertisements and media buys promoting government initiatives.Anwar said RM500 million was spent during former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s tenure, and that this included promoting the government’s Covid-19 initiatives. “During Bera’s tenure as prime minister, he didn’t spend that much and there were leftover allocations,” he said, adding his administration only honoured agreements signed during Ismail’s tenure.Anwar was responding to the question from P Prabakaran about the total amount spent by the government for promotional activities since 2020.