Government aid and incentives not bribery, says deputy solicitor general

April 19, 2013

PUTRAJAYA, Apr 19 The aid as well as incentives since to a public as well as civil servants have been not temptation since a sovereign supervision done a decision before parliament was dissolved earlier this month.

Deputy Solicitor General II, Datuk Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah pronounced this is since a allocation was already budgeted for, only which a proclamation was done after a retraction of Dewan Rakyat.

He pronounced a launch of manifestos as well as promises done by all political parties when campaigning should not be misconstrued as vote-buying as well as to illustrate have been not offences under a Election Offences Act.

In 2009, a Federal Court done a decision which promises to move growth during a choosing campaign could not be avoided since if no such guarantee was made, it will describe a choosing meaningless.

The Federal Court additionally ruled which it is not an action of bribery, he told a press discussion during a run of a Attorney-Generals Chamber here today.

He was referring to media reports yesterday quoting a secretary-general of Transparency International Malaysia Josie M Fernandez which BN violated a Election Integrity Pledge signed upon February 20.

The report additionally listed examples such as a proclamation by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak upon a expansion of a 1 Malaysia Discount Card as well as construction of a RM400 million complex in Perak.

Meanwhile, Tun Abdul Majid pronounced a Attorney-Generals Chamber had in a final 24 hours motionless not to action upon 38 cases relating to offences associated to a 13th ubiquitous choosing due to a absence of suspects or witnesses.

Over a same period, twenty-seven cases were destined for further investigation, including cases associated to treason, arson, causing hurt, rapist intimidation, assemb! ly but n otice as well as so on. Bernama