“We need to be considerate and (we) should not make them beg for allocations,” Fong Kui Lun (PH-Bukit Bintang) told the Dewan Rakyat during the debate on the supply bill today.

“When all MPs can get allocations, it is their voters and residents who benefit.”

Fong recounted how he and his colleagues had struggled without allocations when they were in the opposition.

The DAP leader said that at times, opposition MPs had to reject requests for aid from their constituents.

“As a Madani government, I do not see what is wrong in extending allocations to (opposition) MPs (subject) to certain conditions so that they can help the rakyat (in their) areas,” he said.

He said Putrajaya should emulate the Taiwanese government which provided equal allocations to all MPs.

Fong’s statement comes as opposition MPs intensify their push for equal allocations from Putrajaya so they can serve their constituents more effectively.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim eventually responded in the Dewan Rakyat last month, saying the MPs must negotiate with the federal government if they want to receive allocations.

However, Anwar’s suggestion was met with scepticism from his own party colleague, Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim, who said the nation’s heated politics could be cooled down if the opposition bloc was given equal allocations without the need for negotiations.

In a recent interview with FMT, Hassan said the prime minister should act fairly as a respected leader in the Islamic world, or else he may find his “cry for justice” questioned on the international stage.

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