Carry out study before placing MACC under Parliament, says Hulu Langat MP
12 Feb 2023 10:55am
MACC is under the Prime Minister's department. Inset Sany Hamzan
Hulu Langat MP Mohd Sany Hamzan further said the results from the study could be used as examples and consideration to ensure of no political interference.
"Surely there are pros and cons to the implementation but we can refer to these examples," he told Sinar.
He did not comment on Minister Rafizi Ramli's statement that there was no need for MACC to be placed under Parliament.
Sany added there were weaknesses of placing MACC under the Prime Minister's Department's weakness.
He said it is not wrong to change the existing power system if it is bad for the country to stop administrators or the government to exploit MACC.
"Firstly, we need study how it is implemented in those countries (who had placed enforcement agencies under the Parliament's purview). It is important that the enforcement body to be independent and have integrity instead of acting due to insistence or pressure from any parties," he said.
Sany explained that the implementation may take some time but it will prevent national enforcement bodies like MACC from being exploited by political directives.
"If the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's statement was true then MACC needs to be placed under Parliament, as he had said during the campaign or promised in the manifesto," he said.
Previously, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli explained that the government has not discussed about placing MACC under Parliament's purview.
The PKR deputy president said so when asked if the government had plans to place MACC under Parliament after Bersatu secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin accused Putrajaya of using the anti-corruption agency as a political tool.
PKR's Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim had demanded that Anwar fulfill Pakatan Harapan's promise since the 14th General Election (GE14).
