Usually, the associated volume when leasing a vehicle fleet and maintaining it means that the cost incurred will be significant, and this is amplified further when you total up the amount spent over the course of three years.
An example of this can be gleaned from that spent on official vehicles used by federal ministers, as the New Straits Times reports. According to prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the government spent RM1.6 million to lease, maintain and repair the vehicles in the fleet between 2020 and last year.
He revealed that in 2020, during the administration of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the cost in running the fleet, which was sourced from the government’s longstanding fleet management partner Spanco, amounted to RM672,000, while in 2021 and 2022, the government spent RM478,991.50 and RM450,690.66 respectively in operating costs.
“The total cost of maintaining and repairing official vehicles of federal ministers is RM1,601,682.16,” he said in a written reply in the Dewan Rakyat. Anwar was replying to a question from Chong Zhemin (DAP-Kampar), who asked how much it cost the government to maintain all ministers’ official vehicles from 2020 to 2022.
In 2020, ministers were using the stretched version of the Proton Perdana 2.4L Premium as their official vehicles, but were then provided with Toyota Vellfire 2.5Ls in 2021 when the fleet was refreshed. Muhyiddin’s cabinet consisted of 32 ministers and 38 deputy ministers.
Later that year, then finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz revealed that the total monthly lease for each Vellfire was RM5,759, of which RM4,852 was to rent the vehicle and RM908 to maintain it.
In response to negative comments over the Vellfire switch when it came to light, the finance ministry said that the monthly rental amount for the MPV was lower than what the government paid for the Perdana 2.4L Premium, which was RM4,854.41 per vehicle.
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It’s ok to spend on what they deserved but pls don’t Steal money from Malaysia…this is too much!!!
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ya, when your daughter smile to a stranger, it means she is agreed to go with the man
Mostly thanks to PH1.0 ordered fleet of Alphards & Velfires when the normal Msian could hardly afford a decent car. Well done Pakatan Helang!
Well what to do as reported today all these business given to cronies to inflate the price while getting kick backs here & there to the selected individual through your tax payers money.
Ok dah tu. Cuma nak tahu 3 bulan ni berapa kos operasi kapal terbang & heli tak termasuk sewa hangar & gaji pilot. Owh. Siapa yg naik selain pm dan pegaeai jerajaan?
get all these ministers and deputy ministers to drive their own cars. go for the “pay & claim” method where they submit their claims for maintenance, petrol, parking and toll with official receipt attached just like most employees in Malaysia.
Just pay these menteris Rm2000 monthly..RM700 petrol,,Rm300 maintenance..up to them to buy Bezza or X70 or Benze..anything above rm3000 they tanggung sendiri.
Here,we have Sallahudin breathing flames on the poor covidian escapees,to float petrol prices while menteris could enjoy such perks.Just shame on these socalled lawmakers who r so thick skinned.
YAB PM,we salute you for forgoing the Benz,but dont lah spoil your menteris by giving them luxuries that they only deserve when results are seen in 2-3 years time.
No point PM thrifty,the menteris r big spenders.Do u need rocket science or simple common sense,faham?
Well if RM5,759 per monthly leasing with maintenance divided by 30days it will cost the goverment RM191.97 daily rental of Vellfire.
We got too many ministers and vip’s needing police escort. One elite VIp i saw two patrol cars and 5 or six motorcycles. Everytime these motorcade passes by, it disrupt traffic lights at junctions. So i imagine most of the patrol cars and motorcycles purchased are for vip excorts. The few balance left are to patrol the communities to reduce crime to keep us safe.
that’s surprisingly low tbh. But rakyat’s concern is more on them doing pocketing hundreds of millions for themselves