KUALA LUMPUR – Warisan lawmakers owe Sabahans a “huge” apology for being absent from two bloc votes on Budget 2021 yesterday, said Johor DAP member Dr Boo Cheng Hau.
He said on Facebook that their absence constituted a waste of taxpayers’ money, and that they could have made their views known if the spending plan did not benefit the state.
“There you go again. That Sabahans voted for you as their representatives in Parliament is to voice out for them on major issues concerning their well-being.
“Sabahans did not vote for you to vent your unfounded, petty, personal grudges against a single leader and PH (Pakatan Harapan).
“The taxpayers pay you to voice out in Parliament. They don’t pay you for a vacation in Parliament.”
He was responding to a report that Labuan MP and Warisan chief whip Datuk Rozman Isli confirmed the party’s MPs skipped the bloc votes to send a signal to opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and indicate that PH needs a new leadership.
The PH-friendly Sabah outfit has kept mum on the issue.
Rozman has indicated that Warisan lawmakers will continue to sit out Dewan voting. – The Vibes, December 1, 2020
