Wong said PH lawmakers have never received grants from the state government, despite a promise by Chief Minister Datuk Abang Johari Openg last year. ― Picture by Farhan Najib
“On the other hand, each GPS state assemblyman is given RM2 million for minor rural projects , RM5 million for rural transformation programmes and RM1 million for improvement grants by the state government and yet the PH member is not given a single cent,” he said. He said the failure to allocate grants was akin to punishing the people who have voted for the state PH lawmakers in the 2016 state election.
He said the GPS government has accused the PH federal government of not being fair to Sarawak in giving allocations to build schools, providing healthcare services and development funding. “When PH took over the federal government, our country was deeply in debt then and still is, real debt and liability as at June 2018 was RM1,065 billion.
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