Malaysia will undergo its 12th election this March 8, 2008. The state of Kelantan is the only state whose administration is led by a non-member party of Barisan National, the ruling coalition.
To quote an article from today’s Sunday Star, ‘Kelantan … (currently) gets an annual allocation of RM400mil (from the Federal government).’
Continuing the article, ‘state Barisan chairman … said the Prime Minister had already promised Kelantan a special allocation and an expanded budget of RM1bil annually.’ I’ll assume that this means that the state will get an expanded budget if Barisan National wins a majority in the state elections.
Would that mean that Kelantan has been under-budgeted all this time?
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 