Not Fair, Not Sustainable: The Silent Struggles of Opposition Reps
Not Fair, Not Sustainable: The Silent Struggles of Opposition Reps
Muda Acting President and Puteri Wangsa Assemblywoman Amira Aisya Abd Aziz said many opposition politicians are struggling to serve their constituencies with limited resources.
She revealed that her RM200,000 annual allocation is the same as an an assemblyman serving 18,000 voters - yet her constituency has over 120,000.
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