COMMENT | Why are politicians against sound advice from cops?

COMMENT | In the absence of local government elections, state governments should take responsibility for acts and omissions of the various local authorities under their purview.

The reasons are straightforward and obvious because the law says so.

Section 9(1) of the Local Government Act 1976 states: The State Authority may from time to time give the local authority directions of a general character, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, on the policy to be followed in the exercise of the powers conferred and the duties imposed on the local authority by or under this Act in relation to matters which appear to the State Authority to affect the interests of the local authority area, and the local authority shall as soon as possible give effect to all such directions.

The statute spells out the role of councillors and who can be appointed.

Therefore, the argument put forward by Klang MP V Ganabatirau that MPs or assemblypersons cannot get involved in any plan (for development projects) is wrong.

He also made another sweeping claim that...