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Monday, April 6, 2015

PAC to summon 10 ministries to explain weaknesses

The government should review all projects involving direct negotiations, says PAC chairman.
Nur-Jazlan-Mohamed_AGR2014_600KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will summon 10 ministries before the next Parliament session to explain project implementation weaknesses raised in the Auditor-General’s Report 2014.
PAC chairman Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the ministries were the Sabah Housing and Local Government Ministry; Defence Ministry; Home Ministry; Finance Ministry; Natural Resources and Environment Ministry; and Women, Family and Community Development Ministry.
The other five are Rural and Regional Development Ministry; Communication and Multimedia Ministry; Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry; and the Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Ministry, he told reporters after chairing the PAC meeting at Parliament here today.
Nur Jazlan said among the major issues raised in the report were weaknesses found in three People’s Housing Projects (PPR) in Sabah implemented by the State Housing and Local Government Ministry through direct negotiations.
He said explanations would also be sought for two problematic projects under the Defence Ministry which were also done through direct negotiations involving the management of Prasarana and Kuala Lumpur Transit, and the construction and management of the Armed Forces’ Wisma Perwira in Jalan Padang Tembak.
Nur Jazlan said the PAC also found several weaknesses in the Home Ministry’s management of police quarters and the weaknesses of Women, Family and Community Development Ministry in implementing the special mammogram screening at the National Population and Family Development Board’s (LPPKN) Sejahtera clinics.
He said other issues were concerning the weaknesses of the Finance Ministry, involving Kumpulan Modal Perdana Sdn Bhd and Putrajaya Corporation, as well of the Rural and Regional Development Ministry involving the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda).
“PAC will also call the Communication and Multimedia Ministry to explain the weaknesses concerning the broadband infrastructure projects in Sabah and Sarawak, and the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry to explain weaknesses concerning the TPM Biotech project,” he said.
Meanwhile, Nur Jazlan said since it was the beginning of the year, the amount of money spent by the ministries was lower compared to the end of the year.
However, he said the government should review all projects involving direct negotiations and design-and-build concepts, especially in the construction industry, as they appeared to have a higher tendency to cause problems.
On PAC’s suggestion that the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry should temporarily suspend the ST15 rice subsidy programme, Nur Jazlan said the PAC was only making a suggestion to improve the implementation of the programme that failed to achieve its objectives and it was up to the ministry to accept of reject the suggestion.
“The government should review the subsidy programme to determine whether or not it had achieved its objectives. PAC will be here to make things straight if a programme was found to have involved a waste or a misappropriation of public funds,” he added.
– BERNAMA

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