Issue summonses to my driver for illegal parking: Guan Eng
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has asked the Penang Island and Seberang Prai municipal councils to issue summonses to his driver if his official car was parked illegally.
He said the move was not only for him but for the entire state Excos whose drivers parked illegally.
"If found illegally parked then the councils should issue summonses," the DAP secretary-general said when winding up the debate at the annual state DAP convention today.
The call comes after a picture of his official car parked on a bicycle lane in Jalan Gurdwara went viral recently.
Lim was there to launch an art exhibition at a public art gallery there on Friday.
In July, Lim's official car was photographed parked at a no-parking zone of a shopping mall in Datuk Keramat. But chief minister explained it was a private carpark and allowed by the mall management.
He was also criticised when photos of his official car parked illegally in Lebuh Campbell were widely circulated.
Lim said drivers who did wrong should be punished and hoped the move to issue summonses could put a stop to the matter.
"We will take measures so as to ensure this does not happen again," he added.
On the issue of his official car which courted controversy earlier this year, Lim pointed out the car did not belong to him but to the state government.
"The car belongs to the state, I am not going to be chief minister forever," he said.
In January this year, Lim's administration came under fire for purchasing a Mercedes Benz S300L for official use.
Lim added the vehicle was purchased at RM298,263.85 which is a huge discount of the original price of RM657,218.
He claimed this was some RM3,000 more than the RM295,000 for what Putrajaya paid for each of the the stretched version of the Proton Perdana.
In January this year, Lim's administration came under fire for purchasing a Mercedes Benz S300L two months after the state bought 15 Toyota Camry cars to replace an aging fleet of Mercedes Benz and Proton Perdana cars.