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KUCHING (August 30): Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) Chairman Chong Chieng Jen urges Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to disclose the projects that were awarded by the state government through negotiations direct and without going through an open bidding process.
Chong, who is the president of Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak, said it was time for the state government led by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to disclose the list of direct negotiation projects as a way to show transparency and accountability in its acquisitions. governmental.
“Does Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg dare to reveal the list of Sarawak state public procurement projects awarded through a direct negotiation process?”
“What justification, if any, for the state government to award contracts through direct negotiation?” he asked today in a press release.
Chong, who is also a Stampin MP and an assemblyman from Kota Sentosa, said Federal Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz had tried in Parliament last week to discredit the former PH government by revealing a list of 101 projects valued in RM6.61 billion awarded by the former federal government through a direct negotiation process.
“As it turned out, this alleged complaint has reaffirmed the integrity, accountability and transparency of PH in the public procurement process throughout the 22 months of his government,” Chong added.
He said that of the RM6.61 billion that are supposedly the total value of the PH government’s direct negotiation projects, RM6.258 billion were projects that were a continuation of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, which the government of PH was forced to proceed with.
“The remaining RM 352 million worth of projects constitute 0.07% of the total value of PH government acquisitions during the 22 months of the PH government, which was RM 477.38 billion.”
Chong emphasized that the issue had shown that direct negotiation was an exception under the PH government, as opposed to the BN government, where direct negotiation seemed to be the norm.
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