Anwar questions RM2bil for foreign consultants to draw up 12MP

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KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claims more than RM2 billion was spent by the government on foreign consultants to help prepare the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) document, which was tabled by the government yesterday in the Dewan Rakyat.

He said the allocation should have instead been given to experts inside the country to conduct the necessary studies, particularly those related to poverty, in preparing the document.

The Port Dickson MP believes the expertise needed to manage the country’s economy could be found among locals who better understand the country’s situation.

“I am confident that studies and planning in the country can be handled by local experts because they understand the problems (we face) better. They can understand the problems of poverty and inequality in this country, not foreign consultants,” he said when debating the 12MP in the Dewan Rakyat today..

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