Governance, Integrity, Accountability and Transparency (Giat) coalition spokesperson Cynthia Gabriel said greater transparency was needed to restore public confidence.

“We only have a lump sum on the assets. It doesn’t say how many houses, cars or bank accounts they have.”

A higher degree of transparency was expected from them, she said after attending a roundtable discussion on electoral reforms in Parliament today.

Cynthia added there should be a more organised and professional way of asset declaration so that it is clearer.

She said some of the politicians had included the assets of their children while others only declared the assets they and their spouse had.

On Nov 5, Cynthia had said that Giat would work to name and shame those who failed to declare their assets, after the two-week period ends on Nov 14.

She had said although Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had publicly said many times that the PH MPs need to submit their declarations, 10 ministers and 34 MPs had yet to do so, according to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) asset declaration portal (mydeclaration.sprm.gov.my).

Pakatan Harapan, in its election manifesto, had stated that all members of the Dewan Rakyat, Dewan Negara and government officials with Jusa C ranking and above would be obliged to make a declaration of assets and income (Promise 14).

This is the first time Putrajaya is making assets held by ministers public. Previously, they were only required to declare their assets to the prime minister.