The prime minister says the person carrying out the negotiations must be someone who can be accepted by other countries. ecrl chedetofficial
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today explained why Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was not chosen to lead renegotiations into the RM81 billion East Coast Rail Link project, which was suspended in July last year.
Mahathir was replying to Ismail Mohamed Said , who had asked why Lim was not chosen to lead renegotiations with China on the project.“If the project is scaled down or shortened, east coast states will be able to get the facilities without a lot of money being spent,” he said. “We find that the contract agreement signed did not take into account the interest of the country. It would have benefitted other countries, not us,” he said.
Ismail Sabri Yaakob then asked Mahathir about the costs being borne by the federal government, such as land acquisition costs and the cost of preliminary work including payment to consultants and for studies carried out.“Why did you not question this when the agreement was signed? Why did you not ask about the consultant costs and land acquisition costs?
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