KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Wanita PKR told Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil today to leave politics if the minister truly cared about Wanita Umno, after the Auditor-General said a cattle farm run by her family using public funds is “in a mess”.The Wanita Umno chief said yesterday attacks over the RM74 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) were a political agenda by her PKR counterpart Zuraida Kamaruddin to “destroy Wanita Umno”.
But Zuraida, who is Ampang MP, told reporters today the minister of women, family and community development “should be above the rest of her Barisan Nasional (BN) and show that women have more credibility and integrity”.
“The honourable thing for her to do is to resign from government and leave politics given that there will be more exposés on this scandalous project.
“Only her resignation can save the honour of Wanita Umno members who have become embroiled in this scandal,” she said.
Zuraida had claimed that the NFC failed despite being given a soft loan of RM250 million and a 5,000-acre plot of land. Her party is to lodge a report over the matter with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) later this morning.
The PKR lawmaker also said she “sympathised with her (Shahrizat). But it is my duty as an elected representative to raise issues concerning public funds.”
“It is just too bad that it is Shahrizat. But as her political career only has ‘sisa-sisa (scraps)’” left, she should withdraw,” she added.
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