PAKATAN RAKYAT
In a move similar to the Selangor state government, the Penang Pakatan Rakyat state government handed over official cars used by its state leaders to the state secretary today.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said now that the state assembly has been dissolved, state leaders including himself are only caretakers to continue running the state administration.
“As a caretaker government, we will not handle any management of state assets, we will not make any commitments to open tender and all our family members are barred from involvement in any government contracts,” he said. As the state leaders will not be attending official state events, Lim said it was appropriate to hand over the official cars to the state secretary for safekeeping. “We will be using our own personal cars for party matters and during this campaign period,” he said.
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BARISAN NASIONAL
Malaysiakini reporter Koh Jun Lin has reported being faced with threats of assault by Barisan Nasional staff when he tried to find out about the use of federal government Information Department vans and equipment at a party ceramah in Batu, Kuala Lumpur.
Jun Lin’s run-in with the BN workers had come when he tried to ask about the use of Information vans and equipment at the opening of the party’s election centre for Batu constituency. A speaker van was used to broadcast speeches, while two other Information vehicles were parked nearby, Jun Lin reported.
Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Muhyiddin Yassin had been the guest-of-honour earlier in which he spoke to about 300 supporters criticising the outgoing MP, Tian Chua of Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
Government equipment is not allowed to be used for party purposes under any circumstances and especially so by a caretaker government during election campaigns — but the Alliance and the Barisan Nasional coalitions have paid scant regard to procedure and good constitutional behaviour in the past.
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