WARISAN URGES NO FAVOURITISM IN COVID-19 ASSISTANCE
1 June 2021
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan Vice President Datuk Junz Wong called on the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state government to avoid favouritism in the coming Covid-19 assistance.
In a statement released, he said the last assistance rolled out by the GRS government was in October 2020.
"I remember the last round, the vast majority of Sabahans did not receive the 'bakul makanan' (food basket) promised by GRS.
"GRS claimed last month that about 400,000 food baskets have been delivered. But where are these 400,000 food baskets? I did not see it. Most Sabahans did not receive it," he said.
"People are finding it hard to receive assistance because of all sorts of requirements like compulsory registration under the e-kasih system. Is GRS not aware that many hardcore poor families are not registered under e-kasih?" he added.
According to Junz, he has received complaints that the leaders of GRS political parties practised favouritism where they will only send food baskets to members of their respective political party branch.
"In March 2020, when Warisan was the government, I can proudly say that food packs were sent to almost every house."
"Not every single home due to the time constrain back then, and total lockdown. But the vast majority of houses in Tanjung Aru received food baskets from my office."
"I do not care who lives in the house, which political party they support, where do they vote. It doesn't matter. What is more important is to first and foremost make sure everyone receives a little bit of help."
"Since I am the elected representative of Tanjung Aru, my office decided not to waste time compiling name lists, removing unqualified recipients, etc. We used that little bit time we have to send food to every house first, by zone and made sure as many Sabahans as possible receive help."
By April 2020, Junz said in less than a month, a total of 11,100 food baskets were sent out in Tanjung Aru alone while another 2,524 packs were sent to Tuaran, Beaufort, Kimanis, and Keningau, among others.
"The budget and breakdown were tabled and sent to the media back then. So don't tell me the GRS Sabah State Government who is now the same party as the Federal Government cannot do so," he stressed.
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