Equal allocations bill in the works, but won’t be tabled in November, says CM
Chow Kon Yeow says more time is needed to fine-tune the proposed Constituency Development Fund enactment.
The Penang government is planning to introduce a bill ensuring equal allocations for all constituencies, according to Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. However, the bill will not be presented at the upcoming state assembly meeting in November due to time constraints, the chief minister said. Chow had instructed the state legal adviser, Wan Nor Sakina Saad, to draft the bill after receiving a request from the DAP leadership.
The draft was presented to the state executive council on Wednesday, but further deliberation and stakeholder engagement are needed before the bill can be tabled, the chief minister told reporters. The DAP had demanded equal CDF allocations for all Penang assemblymen, irrespective of their political affiliations. Currently, the government sets aside RM60,000 annually for opposition assemblymen, while government assemblymen receive an annual constituency allocation of RM500,000.
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