There have been no cost overruns in a RM9 billion contract to set up 6 ships for a army widespread over dual Malaysia Plans, a Defence Ministry says.
KUALA LUMPUR: Six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be built for a Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) will cost RM9 billion over a span of dual Malaysia Plans. The Defence Ministry explained this to MPs from both sides of a domestic order in a "briefing session" at its domicile earlier today, Pakatan Rakyat MPs told reporters.
Machang MP (PKR) Saifuddin Nasution pronounced that Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had told Parliament last year that a ships' collective roof cost was RM6 billion during a 10th Malaysia Plan, leading to a confusion.
"The difficulty was since a minister's explanation did not state that (the cost was) widespread over a dual Malaysia Plans," he said, referring to a 10th as well as 11th Malaysia Plans.
The additional RM3 billion, according to Saifuddin, would be outlayed during a 11th Malaysia Plan.
"The method secretary-general (Ismail Haji Ahmad) pronounced that a RM3 billion was additionally for a ships' construction, though (was placed) underneath a 11th Malaysia Plan. This was explained in a Letter-of-Intent by a method to (LCS shipbuilder) Boustead (Naval Shipyards)," he added.
Saifuddin was among 3 Pakatan Rakyat MPs as well as five Barisan Nasional MPs that met with a Defence Ministry's tip management as well as a military's chiefs of staff in a two-hour event today.
In December 2011, Boustead pronounced that it had won a RM9 billion understanding to set up a 6 LCS for a government. This was a contrariety with a government's primary RM6 bil! lion ann ouncement over a ships.
For mainstream media
The MPs present currently included Petaling Jaya Utara MP (DAP) Tony Pua, Kuala Selangor (PAS) MP Dzulkefly Ahmad, Kota Belud MP (Umno) Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Rembau MP (Umno) Khairy Jamaluddin, Hulu Selangor MP (MIC) P Kamalanathan, Jasin MP (Umno) Ahmad Hamzah as well as Kinabatangan MP (Umno) Bung Mokhtar Radin.
FMT, along with alternative online media representatives, were not authorised to comply a session, or experience in a subsequent press conference.
Defence Ministry open relations officer Haslinda Rahim barred FMT, saying: "Sorry, a opposition media is not authorised in. Only a mainstream media."
Pakatan MPs pronounced that whilst they were arcane to a contents of a Letter-of-Intent, they were not briefed on a full sum behind a ships' full cost.
Another matter lifted during a event was a Parliamentary Oversight Committee, designed to guard a country's troops procurement.
According to Pua, a method did not reject a idea, though did not authorize of it either.
"The method didn't wish to agree to it immediately, though it didn't wish to reject either. Even a apportion himself mentioned, 'If Parliament decides it will be set up, we will abide by it'," he said.
Asked if Pakatan MPs were satisfied with a ministry's response, Pua simply said: "I will leave it up to we to decide."
Clear parameters
Later, Abdul Rahman told reporters that a RM9 billion had been quoted by a army as far back as 2008.
"Any procurement as large as this has to be outlayed via a years. Without a doubt, a supervision approved a roof (price) of RM9 billion for this project a alternative RM3 billion was to be outlayed during a eleven th Malaysia Plan," he said.
He criticised a opposition for blowing up a issue, instead of entrance to a method for answers.
"I'm sur! e a meth od would be some-more than happy if he (Pua) wants to see if a amount was quoted in 2008 or not," he said.
Though supportive of a slip committee, Abdul Rahman nevertheless had his doubts. He pronounced that any organisation of that arrange needed to have transparent parameters, as it was dealing with national confidence matters such as troops procurement as well as intelligence.
"It is utterly formidable to make people assimilate until they have been in government. They have been things that cannot be disclosed publicly for troops reasons."
"Even a apportion pronounced he had no complaint with itWe need to go to our associate colleagues as well as find out what a terms of anxiety (for a committee) are," he said.
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