PETALING JAYA: The lack of mention of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) being allocated to Opposition MPs in the Budget 2023 has been pointed out by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih).
Its steering committee said that the promise of equal CDF had been a part of Pakatan Harapan's manifesto and its promise to give all MPs an equitable CDF should be honoured in the spirit of Malaysia Madani.
It also said that Opposition Perikatan Nasional with 74 MPs represents 4,666,529 voters or 30% of those who voted in the 15th General Election . It added that CDF had long been used by successive governments as a political tool to punish the Opposition and"starve" them of needed funds with the hope of causing discontent among constituents towards Opposition representatives.
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