KUALA LUMPUR: The Government needs to be more transparent and considerate when cancelling projects or initiatives of the previous government, which were implemented for the benefit of the people and country, says former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic).

He said that within a period of two weeks, the Pakatan Harapan government has scrapped the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail­way and the Route 3 Mass Rail Tran­sit (MRT3) although studies showed the economic benefits exceeded the construction cost.

According to Najib, the MRT3 project was also necessary to complement a more integrated public transport system network in the Klang Valley and without it, the Klang Valley would continue to face increasing traffic jams.

“I don’t care if the Pakatan government endeavoured to erase all the legacies left throughout the nine years of my tenure as prime minister.

“But the Government must be more transparent when cancelling the various projects or initiatives for the benefit of the people and country,” Najib said on Facebook yesterday. — Bernama