Cabinet Wants Rafidah To Explain AP Issue In Dewan Rakyat - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- The Cabinet decided at its meeting Wednesday that International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz attend the Dewan Rakyat to explain the issue of approved permit (AP) for import of vehicles, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

He said the Cabinet wanted Rafidah to give the explanation as soon as she returned from abroad where she is on official business.

"The Cabinet decided that Rafidah give a statement in Parliament as soon as she is back in the country. We expect her to make the statement soon," he told reporters at the lobby of Parliament, here.

Rafidah is attending the Asean Economic Ministers Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, and is expected to return to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Last week she was in San Francisco on a trade mission to the United States and had not attended the Dewan Rakyat since its current sitting began on Sept 19.

Najib, who was asked whether the question of Rafidah's explanation of the AP issue was discussed at today's meeting of the Cabinet, said Rafidah must give the explanation because it was a Cabinet decision and that the "Cabinet can decide on anything".

Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz told a separate media conference that in view of the Cabinet decision, the Dewan Rakyat was expected to approve a motion tabled by Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang on Sept 20 requesting Rafidah to turn up in person to reply to the questions raised on the AP issue.

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