PETALING JAYA: The coalition for clean and fair elections (Bersih 2.0) has expressed concern over the faces and names of elected politicians appearing on Covid-19 gifts for constituents such as rice and hand sanitisers.
They alleged some may involve abuse of government funding and has called on all involved representatives to publicly declare the cost and source of such gifts.
“If government funds are abused for politicians to seek gratification, it may warrant investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) under Section 23 of the MACC Act,” they said in a statement today.
They have gathered as many as 19 politicians and classified them into three categories with different issues.
The categories are:
> Category A: Whereby federal and state frontbenchers have obviously abused their positions as ministers or state excos to provide Covid-19 gifts to their constituents.
> Category B: Whereby elected representatives may have used constituency allocations to distribute these items
> Category C: Those who fork out their own money to distribute Covid-19 gifts to their constituents.
Bersih 2.0 said two federal ministers, a federal deputy minister and a state exco have their faces and names featured on gift packs in both their capacities as federal/state minister and constituency.
“If the gifts were funded using executive resources under their watch, Bersih 2.0 believes they have abused their ministerial power and should be subject to investigation under the MACC Act. However, if the funds have come from their Constituency Development Fund or other constituency allocation, their cases would be the same as in category B,” it said.
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