Invoke's second asset declaration event last night revealed Amanah leader Hanipa Maidin as having just RM900 in his bank account.

However, the Sepang lawmaker also declared two properties worth a collective RM1 million in Sri Gombak and Nilai.

Hanipa earns RM25,000 per month as a parliamentarian and receives a monthly allowance of RM10,000 as a lawyer.

His monthly expenditure as of March 11 includes loan instalments for his houses and his Honda CR-V car, contributions to his constituents and his party, utility bills, spousal support, operational costs for his legal firm and parental allowance, amounting to RM26,600.

Hanipa was among 36 Amanah and PKR politicians and potential election candidates who declared their assets at the event, which was held in Subang Jaya.

At the event, the host made repeated jokes about Hanipa allocating RM1,000 monthly for his wife, in comparison with former Perak menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin who pays RM4,000 in spousal support.

The host also made light of Amanah Youth deputy chief Faiz Fadzil owning an Audi A4 car, saying "it's understandable, he's a lawyer".

Faiz was also revealed to have RM181,007 worth of Tabung Haji savings.

Meanwhile, the statutory declaration of Amanah president Mohamad Sabu showed him having RM105,600 in cash and savings.

Mohamad also has four properties and a plot of land worth a collective RM758,000, but does not own a car.

Reluctant to declare

Speaking to reporters later, Invoke founder Rafizi Ramli noted that some may feel reluctant to declare their assets for several reasons.

Asked if he was disappointed that several Pakatan Harapan leaders had not participated in the event, Rafizi said: “I'm not, because it takes a lot of courage to do this.

“Even I took a long time to convince the 75 candidates (who have declared).

"The poor ones may be embarrassed that they only have RM1,000 or RM2,000, while those who have more may be afraid that others will come to them for money.

"I know many honest politicians who were hesitant at first, not because of corruption, but privacy. That's why it takes time to convince them that it is in their best interests that they do this."

The Pandan MP (photo) had earlier claimed that a statutory declaration to declare one's assets with Invoke was different than doing so with the MACC.

"If you declare it to the MACC, the ones who will know are only the commission and Najib.

"With a statutory declaration made public, the rakyat can lodge police reports if the politician had lied in their asset declaration."

When pressed on the reasons that the other Harapan leaders were not declaring their assets, Rafizi said the top leadership had been briefed on the matter.

"Even before the first event, party representatives were briefed on the matter, except DAP, because they don't have marginal seats.

"Invoke was formed (to focus on) marginal seats. Because DAP doesn't contest in marginal seats, it doesn't need our services."

Rafizi also stressed that he has no legal right to compel politicians to declare their assets.

"This is just a proactive way to make asset declaration a culture. It is up to other parties like DAP or other PKR leaders who think they don't need our services because they think their seats are okay.

"(But) when there is good response from the rakyat who want politicians to declare their assets, along the way they will feel pressured to do so," said Rafizi.

Others who signed the statutory declaration last night included Amanah leader Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, former Penang speaker Abdul Halim Hussain and PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil.

A total of 103 potential election candidates have pledged to declare their assets so far. This includes those who had declared their assets last November.

Rafizi said the full list of assets and documents will be accessible on Invoke's website today.