KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — The federal government’s tabling of a RM13,186,713,000 supplementary supply bill for additional spending in the first half of this year was unprecedented and unnecessary, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
The opposition leader then accused the Najib administration of mismanaging the country’s finances, which, according to him, resulted in the government’s need for such a large additional budget.
“This kind of request, I have not seen even when I was finance minister.
“It is ridiculous, unprecedented to request for a budge of that amount,” he told reporters today.
Anwar said Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders were currently studying details of the figures, and will bring up their arguments during the second reading of the bill.
Out of the RM13 billion spent, the biggest amount was spent by the Treasury (RM6 billion). A total of RM1.5 billion was spent by the Education Ministry while the Health Ministry used up RM1 billion.
Parliament was allocated RM11 million while the Attorney-General’s Chambers was given the smallest allocation — RM1 million.
The supplementary supply bill does not include the Budget 2011 as tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak last year, which was RM162,805,323,000.
When added up, the government has spent a total of RM175,992,036,000.
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