12:56PM Mar 17, 2014 Aidila Razak (MKini)
Construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant is in limbo, with the Selangor government insisting that it will not sign a development order, until the federal government makes sure that the takeover of the state’s water service industry goes through.
Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said he had written to Water, Energy and Green Technology Minister Maximus Ongkili last week and will seek a meeting this week.
“Whatever it is, I will meet the minister on the Section 114 process (as) I had detailed it in my letter to him last Monday,” Khalid said today.
“This way, the three projects will be done at the same time – the restructuring and takeover of the water concessionaires, the state’s approval for Langat 2 … and negotiations with PAAB on the federal government’s RM2 billion allocation to Selangor (to facilitate the takeover).”
PAAB refers to the federal agency, Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd.
When we say the MOU is not legally binding because the concessionaires are not parties to it, both the Federal and Selangor Governments disagree. Now let see whether Selangor can take legal action against the Federal Government on the MOU