Reps’ transparency with voters on allocation usage important: Musa Hitam

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KUALA LUMPUR – MPs today can surely take a leaf from the books of past elected reps such as Tun Musa Hitam, who strove to let voters know how allocations were used amid highly constrained funding.

Recalling his tenure as an MP himself in the 1960s, the 87-year-old said that he constantly reminded the people in his Segamat Utara parliamentary constituency of how he spent from his tight budget.

“I never stopped reminding my constituents that if my explanation (on expenditures) was not acceptable, I would have to get funds from other sources, even illegal contributions to fulfil their demands,” he said.

The former deputy prime minister was speaking during a webinar titled “Political Party Finance Reform Agenda in Malaysia” today, organised by Bersih 2.0 and The Association for Elections and Democracy.


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