PAKATAN Harapan is getting a taste of the criticism it used to dish out when it was the opposition, now that it is in federal power, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. 

“Now that the opposition is the government, it is receiving every bit of its own medicine,” he told reporters after chairing a meeting of a special committee on anti-corruption in Putrajaya today. 

Dr Mahathir was responding to criticism on a proposal to purchase new official vehicles for ministers and senior government officers.

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail recently said the government is in the midst of appointing a company to supply vehicles 32 units of Toyota Vellfire for ministers and 3,000 Honda Accords for the use of senior government officials.

The new fleet management contract will cost RM300 million annually, involving 12,500 vehicles for 15 years.

The new contract will replace the government’s 25-year concession with Spanco Sdn Bhd that ended last year.

Saifuddin had said based on the previous government’s policy, senior government officials were given either a vehicle allowance or an official vehicle.

Currently, ministers and senior government officials are using the Proton Perdana and the Toyota Camry.

In addition to the Toyota Vellfire and Honda Accord, the government is reportedly planning to utilise 8,000 units of Proton Persona and Proton Saga. – January 7, 2020.