KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — The federal government today reaffirmed its pledge to make political funding more transparent, but said the Political Funding Bill is still being refined and could be finalised later this year.
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M. Kulasegaran said the government is continuing to collect public feedback, while a bipartisan parliamentary committee is reviewing the Bill amid growing calls from the opposition to table it.
“If you ask about commitment I can say this government is committed beyond than 100 per cent,” Kulasegaran said during Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat, responding to an Opposition MP’s question on whether or not the government would follow through on its pledge to regulate political donations.
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