'You planning a run in Lembah Pantai?' - Yeoh teases Zafrul
Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh has taken a jab at Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, who made an appearance at a mosque in Jalan Pantai Baru to distribute aid today, asking him if he was laying the groundwork for a run as Lembah Pantai MP in a future election.
"Wow Tengku Zafrul, do you want to be a candidate for Lembah Pantai?" asked Yeoh playfully on Twitter, while also tagging incumbent MP Fahmi Fadzil of PKR.
She then turned caustic, asking Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rina Harun why mosques and surau in Segambut could not get this donation.
"Where does this RM50 million fund go?" she asked Rina, as Zafrul had referenced an aid fund channelled to her ministry.
She went on to ask fellow Kuala Lumpur MPs Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (Setiawanga), Lim Lip Eng (Kepong), Teresa Kok (Seputeh) and P Prabakaran (Batu) if they had witnessed anything similar in the constituencies.
Earlier, Zafrul had posted on Instagram that he had gone to Masjid Ar Rahman, Jalan Pantai Baru to present a donation of 500 food baskets worth RM50,000 to 10 mosques and surau in Lembah Pantai.
"This food programme is nothing new. At the beginning of the year, RM50 million was channelled to the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry under this programme which has so far benefited more than 430,000 families.
"This week, the government launched the Prihatin Kasih programme worth RM100 million to help 300,000 poor families," said Zafrul.
He also added that under the National People's Wellbeing and Economic Recovery Package (Pemulih) programme, the Perikatan Nasional government had channelled RM300,000 to all MPs for a food basket programme for the affected groups in their constituencies.
"In the face of Covid-19, the government has not compromised in ensuring that those affected continue to receive assistance.
"There is no question of playing favourites in delivering aid as this allocation is given to government and opposition MPs," Zafrul had said.
Umno grassroots in Lembah Pantai are reportedly ready for the party to re-contest the seat it had lost in the past three general elections, amid speculation that Bersatu will move to field its own candidate in the parliamentary constituency.
Earlier this year, Lembah Pantai Umno division chief Ramlan Askolani spoke out to reject Bersatu's rumoured move to field the thus far unelected Zafrul, who is currently a senator, for the seat.
"Our advantage is that we have more strength, and grassroots machinery, compared to Bersatu or PAS.
“Bersatu has no more than 10 branches in Lembah Pantai, compared to Umno which has five times that number," said Ramlan, adding that Bersatu's perceived weakness had drawn its supporters in Lembah Pantai to try and join the Umno division.
“Even though Umno lost the last three elections here, it was because of national issues being played up, and the truth is, the voters miss Umno’s services," Ramlan claimed. - Mkini
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