Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today confirmed that there will be cut in the development allowance for Members of Parliament. The the allowance will be reduced to RM1.3 million from RM3.8 million. He said that the move is to ensure that the country’s finances is better controlled. This would be implemented in stages.
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In a statement, Anwar said, “This allowance is the development allocations of MPs coordinated by the District and Land office, and State Development Officer, (being reduced) due to economic constraits.”
He further said that the cut in allowance will be done in stages setting an early example, which means the MPs won’t mind the cut although they are not personal contributions but are development allocations.