KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — The Finance Ministry needs to abide by its own rules and inform the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) immediately on action taken by federal ministries on recommendations made by the committee, PAC Chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said today.

Nur Jazlan said Putrajaya has not even once informed the PAC on any progress in the implementation of the committee's recommendations, despite having a specific provision under the Treasury Order that requires the Finance Ministry to present a report to the PAC as soon as possible.

"We don't know if action was taken or not... people want to know now. In the age of social media and instant information, the slow response by ministries is not good practice," he said at a news conference in the Parliament complex.

Citing paragraph 304(b) of the Treasury Order, Nur Jazlan said it is clearly stated that the Finance Ministry is duty bound to present a finalised memorandum "as soon as possible" to the PAC, detailing action taken by the relevant ministries on action taken on the committee's recommendations.

Taking the example of the PAC's probes on Putrajaya's controversial incinerator projects and the development of KLIA2, Nur Jazlan said the federal government has had plenty of time to provide feedback to the committee.

"We did our report on the incinerator in November. It was the same for KLIA2, the report was done in November.

"It's been six months now. I don't know how exactly they define 'segera' (immediate) but to us it is unacceptable," he said, adding that ministry representatives are present at every PAC meeting.

Nur Jazlan said the onus is on Putrajaya to "respond seriously" to the PAC's findings and recommendations, stressing that the committee represents the public's interests and not that of political parties.

He said it was clear in the findings of the past two Auditor-General's reports that the federal government has failed to address numerous recurring issues that are riling up the public.

"For example, JKR. Quality issues are still there, contractual issues are still there, it's not being improved," he said, referring to the Malay acronym for the Public Works Department.

"We're tired also of listening to the same issues being given to us on these recurring issues, which actually if it’s done correctly from the start, there shouldn't be any problems in the implementation.

"We want to basically force good governance and accountability (on) to the government servants," he said.