Published: Tuesday January 6, 2015 MYT 9:00:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday January 6, 2015 MYT 9:15:57 PM
Updated: Tuesday January 6, 2015 MYT 9:15:57 PM
PAC to seek meeting with Finance Ministry, NSC over flood relief allocation
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PETALING JAYA: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will seek a meeting with the Finance Ministry and the National Security Council (NSC), once the flood situation has improved, to obtain details of the RM800mil spent on relief efforts.
PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohammad said the committee would not push for clarification now as it wanted the NSC to handle the flood situation first.
“Once (the floods) subside, I will be asking them to explain as the public would want to know how the funds were channeled for relief efforts,” he told The Star Online.
Nur Jazlan said letters from the committee would go out when Parliament sits and the floods have subsided.
He had earlier told an online news portal that the RM800mil allocation would require transparency and thrifty spending to ensure that the additional budget was not questioned when it is presented in Parliament.
“PAC will only call them to find out if the additional budget is really used in a right and transparent way,” he is reported to have said.
Nur Jazlan added that the move to seek an explanation from the ministry and NSC would also avoid misunderstanding when the additional budget is tabled.
He further stated that the RM800mil allocation was to help flood victims and did include expenses for recovery and rebuilding.
“This is only help for flood victims. It does not include costs for the re-development of the areas such as rebuilding of roads, reinstalling electricity and water supplies and more,” he said.
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