KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, in response to a challenge by Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, has stated that there is an allocation of RM500mil in the Contingency Fund 2020.
On Monday, Wong had challenged Uggah to show that a Contingency Fund for the State Budget 2020 had been approved by the State Legislative Assembly (DUN).
“For the information of the rakyat, I wish to state that there is an allocation of RM500mil in the Contingency Fund 2020, contrary to what is alleged by Datuk Seri Wong,” said Uggah in a statement yesterday.
He said that Wong should have been present during the DUN sitting on Monday.
“Had he bothered to attend the sitting, he would have been given a fair opportunity to allow seeking clarification in the August House.
“The DUN, attended by lawmakers voted by the rakyat, would have been the proper avenue for any discussion at the highest level,” said Uggah, who last year had been appointed as Second Finance Minister following Wong’s resignation from the post.
He said it was inappropriate to debate in the media with Wong, feeling that this was a show of disrespect to the August House and its honourable members.
Earlier, following Uggah’s ministerial statement made in the DUN sitting on Monday, Wong had via a statement called on him to not mislead the people regarding the state’s finances, also challenging him to repeat accusations he had made against him on the state’s finances outside the DUN.
