KOTA SAMARAHAN: Perform well or you will be replaced, Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Abang Haji Johari Tun Openg told Barisan Nasional (BN) members of the State Legislative Assembly (ADUNs).
“People’s representatives have to be based on performance; if the villagers request for the basic facilities then it should not be a problem because we allocate RM5 million a year to each of them.
“Village projects are small projects comprising roads, drainage systems and bridges which can be implemented using the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) fund. If you perform well, the people will look for you, if not then you need to be replaced.
“At the moment, our YBs are doing good; they perform well. I am just giving an example that if you do not perform, then a potential candidate will replace you,” Johari pointed out at a press conference after attending the National Transformation 2050 (TN50) Dialogue with Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) here, yesterday.
Meanwhile, Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Abdullah Saidol, explained that for the information of public, not all people’s representatives received similar amount of fund as this would depend on the projects at each constituency.
“For example in the middle of last year during the RTP Lab, all the people’s representatives gathered and listed the projects to be implemented in their respective constituencies this year. The average value of projects for each constituency was RM5 million.
“But not all ADUN received that value of funding as the values of the projects are not similar. From the allocation we received, we use it to upgrade the coastal roads, drainage systems, bridges and other facilities request of people in the constituencies,” said Abdullah.
He said the RTP fund, which was introduced by the former Chief Minister, the late Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem, was to speed up the rural projects which previously depended on allocation from the federal government.
