Court dismisses Syed Saddiq’s bid for judicial review over constituency funds

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The KL High Court has rejected the application of Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and three others for leave to challenge the government's decision to withdraw an allocation of RM730,300 for his constituency.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3jv38wy4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The KL High Court has dismissed an application by Muar MP Syed Sadiq Syed Abdul Rahman for

00:08leave to challenge the government's decision to withdraw allocation intended for his constituency.

00:14Judge Datuk Wan Ahmad Fareed Wan Saleh, who made the ruling on Tuesday, said the application

00:20was not filed within the stipulated three-month period as required by the law.

00:25He also said matters of allocation are an executive matter which falls outside the

00:30court's purview.

00:32He pointed out that there were no provisions within the constitution which bound government

00:36agencies to allocate such funds to any MPs, regardless of their support for the government.

00:42When met by reporters after the proceedings, Syed Sadiq said he would file an appeal against

00:48the verdict.

00:49The MP and three Muar voters filed the application on April 23 and named the Prime Minister and

00:56the Malaysian government as the first and second respondents, respectively.

01:01They contend that the respondents violated Syed Sadiq's right to equality as an MP for

01:07Muar, as well as the rights of the three other applicants as voters in the constituency,

01:13as enshrined under Article 8 of the Federal Constitution.

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