KUALA LUMPUR – The government has allegedly spent more than RM2 billion to prepare the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (RMK12) book tabulated by the Prime Minister at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.
Opposition Chief, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim alleged that the allocation was channeled to foreign consultant, which ought to be awarded to the experts in the country to conduct researches, including those related to poverty in producing the RMK12 book.
“I was told that the government spent RM1.8 billion five years ago (to foreign consultants).
“So, I would like to ask, more than RM2 billion have been given to the consultant to produce this RMK12 book, perhaps, we can use some of it (research content).
“But I am still confident that the information and planning in the country can be conducted by the experts in our country as they understand the problems in the country better.
“Who can understand the problems about poverty and gaps in the country? Not foreign consultants,” he said while debating the RMK12 at the Dewan Rakyat today.
Announced by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday, the RMK12 has three themes, four catalytic policy enablers, and 14 game changers.
According to Ismail Sabri, the government aims to banish hardcore poverty by 2025 by focusing on 2.9 million B40 households with monthly income below RM4,850 through RMK12.
The PM, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) of Bera said that the government has allocated development budge amounting to RM400 billion in RMK12, besides, projecting that the national economy will recover.
RMK12 also targeted a stronger economic growth of between 4.5 to 5.5 percent per year, after a drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic. -MalaysiaGazette
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