Government documents to prove the overturning of the decision to award an RM1 billion LRT extension project to Balfour Beatty-Invensys Consortium (Balfour) were released by PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli today to back his claim of interference in the matter by the prime minister.
In the first episode of his expose on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s alleged interference in the awarding of the LRT extension project tender, Rafizi said the government is due to award the tender to a consortium led by George Kent, which allegedly made a higher bidding price than other bidders.
Rafizi released a purported copy of the minutes of a Jan 25 meeting of the Finance Ministry’s Procurement Committee (JPMK) that was jointly signed by Najib, who is also finance minister, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah and Finance Ministry secretary-general Wan Abd Aziz Wan Abdullah at a press conference at the PKR headquarters in Petaling Jaya.
The minutes state the committee’s decision to reject the proposal of Prasarana, the government-linked company overseeing the LRT extension projects, to award the RM1,012,910,000 contract to PDA Consortium.
Instead, the committee selected Balfour to be the contractor and supplier, the minutes state.
This decision was conveyed to Prasarana in a letter dated Jan 26, written by Fauziah Yaacob, an officer with the Finance Ministry’s procurement division, said Rafizi, who also furnished a copy of this letter.
Rafizi then made the conclusion that it was Najib’s interference that overturned the JPMK decision and landed the extension project in the hands of George Kent.
He said he would release more documents in the coming days and next week to back his allegation.
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