11 March 2012

Mami Ijat resigns as Minister wef. 8th April...

Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said today she will resign as women, family and community minister next month but will stay on as Wanita Umno chief.

“On April 8, when my term as senator ends, I will step down as... minister,” she told reporters at Desa Water Park here.

Shahrizat’s resignation comes following months of allegations that she and her family had used a RM250 million federal loan earmarked for the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) to pay for personal expenses.

The cattle-rearing company is headed by her husband, Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, and their three children. It was tapped to run the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) in Gemas, Negeri Sembilan in 2006, when Shahrizat was in Cabinet.

The former Lembah Pantai MP previously resisted calls from the opposition as well as Umno veterans to quit, stressing that she was “only the wife” of Salleh and had nothing to do with the embattled entity.

NFCorp hit the national headlines after it made it into the Auditor-General’s Report last year for missing production targets. Since then, the publicly-funded firm has been repeatedly accused by opposition parties of using its government soft loan for purposes unrelated to cattle farming.

These include the purchase of multi-million ringgit luxury condominium units in Bangsar and Singapore as well as land in Putrajaya.

Police recommended last month that the Attorney-General (A-G) charge NFCorp’s directors for criminal breach of trust, but the A-G has asked the police to conduct further investigations.

Shahrizat was appointed as women, community and family minister in 2001 and held the post until 2008, when she lost in the general election. She was then appointed special advisor to the prime minister on women affairs and social development, before being reassuming her Cabinet portfolio a year later.



Shahrizat letak jawatan sebagai menteri

 Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil hari ini mengumumkan beliau akan meletak jawatan sebagai Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat bulan depan tetapi akan kekal sebagai Ketua Wanita Umno.


“Pada 8 April, apabila tamat tugas saya sebagai senator, saya akan berundur sebagai menteri,” dia berkata di Desa Water Park di sini.

Perletakan jawatan beliau itu dilihat selepas empat bulan setengah pendedahan demi pendedahan dibuat terhadap diri dan juga keluarganya berhubung dakwaan penyalahgunaan dana awam untuk projek Pusat Fidlot Nasional (NFC) bernilai RM250 juta oleh syarikat keluarganya Pusat Fidlot Corporation (NFCorp).

Projek penternakan lembu itu diketuai oleh suaminya, Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, dan tiga anak mereka. Mereka menjalankan projek Pusat Fidlot Nasional yang terletak di Gemas, Negeri Sembilan pada 2006, ketika Shahrizat (gambar) pada masa itu merupakan menteri Kabinet.

Bekas Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai itu sebelum ini menolak gesaan supaya beliau meletak jawatan oleh pemimpin-peminpin Umno dan menegaskan dirinya tidak mempunyai sebarang kaitan terhadap proijek berkenaan kerana beliau hanyalah merupakan isteri kepada Salleh.

NFCorp mula mendapat perhatian setelah Laporan Tahunan Ketua Audit Negara melaporkan projek penternakan lembu berkenaan gagal mencapai sasaran.

Sejak dari itu, pembangkang mula membuat beberapa siri pendedahan syarikat mereka menyalahgunakan dana projek berkenaan untuk perkara yang tidak berkaitan dengan penternakan. Ini termasuklaj pembelian condominium bernialai jutaan ringgit di Bangsar dan Singapura termasuk lot tanah di Putrajaya.

Polis malah telah mencadangkan kepada Peguam Negara supaya mendakwa pengarah-pengarah NFCorp kerana telah melakukan kesalahan pecah amanah, namun Peguam Negara mengarahkan pihak polis untuk menjalankan siasatan lebih lanjut berhubung dakwaan berkenaan.
 

Shahrizat dilantik sebagai Menteri Pembangunan Wanita Keluarga dan Masyarakat pada 2001 dan mengekalkan jawatan selepas Pilihan Raya Umum 2008 walaupun beliau tewas ketika pilihan raya tersebut.

Beliau kemudiannya dilantik sebagai penasihat khas Perdana Menteri berhubung hal ehwal wanita dan pembangunan sosial sebelum menyambung portfoli Kabinetnya.


source:malaysian insider

cheers.

2 comments:

  1. She'll resign because her senatorship will expire on 8th April 2012, not because of the cows's? Yet she'll remain as the head cow, how thick can one be.

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  2. Pantat lembu pun lagi mulia dari pantat mangkok hayun dgn anak beranak dia. Muka tak tau malu tak mahu mengaku bersalah...yg salah cuma laki dan anak-anaknya sahaja.

    Tengok Dr Wan Azizah...standby her husband all the time...but you Auntie Bollywood...straight away distance yourself from your beloved husband and claim innocent...what kind of wife and mother are you !! Pundek !

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