36 would-be GE14 contestants declare assets for campaign funds, aid

Chan Kok Leong Chan Kok Leong Updated 8 years ago · Published on 13 Mar 2018 10:36PM · 6 Comments

Politicians agree to declare their assets before seeking public office in the 14th general election, at Invoke Malaysia, tonight. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, March 13, 2018.

THIRTY-SIX more potential election candidates have declared their assets in exchange for campaign funding and assistance from Invoke Malaysia. 

The candidates also pledged to pursue the reform agenda if elected. 

Under the terms of the agreement, the candidates will each have to pay Invoke RM20 million if they fail to honour the contract.

Among the big-name politicians who signed with Invoke tonight were Amanah president Mohamad Sabu, Sepang MP Hanipa Maidin, former Kuala Selangor MP Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, former Perak menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin, former Penang speaker Abdul Halim Hussain, and PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil.

The individual accounts of the candidates’ assets were shown on the big screen at the signing ceremony tonight.

Mohamad’s statement showed he had RM400,000 in cash, unit trusts and a house and a housing loan with Bank Islam. 

Invoke said the declarations of assets were accessible on its website.

Invoke chief Rafizi Ramli, who is the Pandan MP and the PKR vice-president, said the project was to encourage more politicians to declare their assets prior to running for election. 

“We want to inculcate a culture where those seeking public office have the habit of declaring their assets before contesting. 

“This is different from declaring one’s assets to MACC or the party only as this is made public and voters have the chance to evaluate the candidates before they choose. 

“When the declaration is only made to the party it can be used to coerce the lawmaker later,” he said.

He said this allowed voters to judge whether the candidate’s wealth was “reasonable”.
“This is a step towards preventing corruption as voters can later compare their assets before and after they become lawmakers or ministers,” he added. 

A total of 103 would-be election candidates have now signed with Invoke to declare their assets, including the the 27 politicians who inked the deal on November 20. – March 13, 2018.

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  • I'm interested in knowing why ........ 1) Selangor under PKR is the ONLY state to REFUSE to sign the MACC Anti-Corruption pledge eventhough both the opposition controlled Penang and Kelantan did .....2) why the PKR MB of Selangor and his exco REFUSED to publicly declare their assets although the previous PKR MB and his exco voluntarily did ....????

    Posted 8 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • If I were to contribute to any GE14 campaign funding, I would probably contribute to Invoke Malaysia. Hopefully they would publish an audited statement. Previously, there were many instances of "donations" gone missing.

    Posted 8 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • “When the declaration is only made to the party it can be used to coerce the lawmaker later," - ......UMNO, for instance

    Posted 8 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Malaysian First: EXCOs have declared their assets. Only MB refused to do so.

    Details: http://www.selangor.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/90?mid=648

    Posted 8 years ago by Haji Ghani Ismail · Reply

    • Sir, sorry to disappoint you. You noticed some exco declared and others didn't. Those that declared are holdovers from TSKI days. Those that don't came in with the current MB. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Liz Wong even deleted her declaration.

      Posted 8 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Personally, while I am against Theocratic state which I believe CANNOT work because too much is unaccoutantable and swept under "Islam", I am highly impressed with Mat Sabu and his accountability and if there is a Islamic state leader I can support, it would be Mat Sabu.. With Mat Sabu, its not his idea of Islamic State, its whether its executable.

    Posted 8 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply