Pandan parliamentarian Rafizi Ramli today claimed that the supplier of indelible ink to the Election Commission (EC) is businessman Mohd Salleh Mohd Ali, who allegedly secured the contract through direct negotiation.
Citing a source from the EC, Rafizi told Dewan Rakyat said Mohd Salleh was awarded the contract to supply EC with indelible ink, caps and T-shirt for the recent 13th general election.
He claimed that Mohd Salleh has a close relationship with BN’s top brass, including the EC chairman and deputy chairman.
“He owns three companies, one of which is Integrated Challenge Malaysia Sdn Bhd. And he also controls two other companies which were shortlisted for the tender, by using his employee’s name Norsiah Yusuf, who is a director in his company,” Rafizi claimed.
Calling Mohd Salleh “a closed-tender expert in getting supplying jobs with the government”, he alleged that Mohd Salleh has been given contracts especially from the Defence Ministry.
“That’s why when Kinabatangan (Bung Mokhtar Radin) said some Umno division heads were not given any contracts, its not surprising as they are not experts in closed tender,” he said, taking potshots at BN.
He asked the government to outline move to reduce such practice.
Kepala Batas MP Reezal Merican responded by asking what was wrong about closed tenders, saying that this has been in practice since Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim was the deputy prime minister.
In reply Rafizi said closed tenders should only be applied to contracts which involved strategic information or technology transfer, and not jobs that “the whole world can do”.
He said awarding the indelible ink contract in the form of closed tender was a waste of public fund, and the quality of the product supplied was proven to be unsatisfactory.
- http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
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So whats wrong with that? If the person can Supply it quickly, then it should be no problem, & also the PRU13 only have a short time after Parliament dissolution, we need fast action, not like a sissy Rafifi that is only know how to slow down everybody works.
ReplyDeleteClose Tender has been practiced since Anwar was the DPM, so what is wrong is that?
ReplyDeleteJadi Rafizi cemburu lah ni sebab tak dapat kontrak tersebut? banyak lagi tender yang anda boleh cuba wahai Rafizi.... Kerajaan kan adil kepada semua.
ReplyDeleteDirect Nego atau Closed tender boleh dilakukan jika kita perlukan perkhidmatan itu dalam masa yang singkat.
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ReplyDeleteHe asked the government to outline move to reduce such practice.
*I don't believe in other opposition state there is no such practice... bullshit la.