MELAKA: The country's wealth should be used to improve the people's welfare, rather than to make elected representatives and political leaders wealthy, said Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The Pakatan Harapan secretary-general, who is also home minister, said the primary responsibility of elected representatives was to resolve the people's problems, not use their positions to amass wealth.
"Our country is wealthy, but elected representatives should not be. They work for the people. When the country prospers, its wealth can be used to provide for and safeguard the welfare of all segments of society.
"That is why we elect our representatives," he said when speaking during a ceramah in Klebang here.
