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Opposition fails to stop RM6.9b increase to Budget 2021 in first bloc vote

Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun during a meeting of the 14th Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 13, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun during a meeting of the 14th Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 13, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 – Opposition lawmakers lost by 10 votes in their attempt to block a proposal to add RM6.9 billion in allocations for management expenditure within Budget 2021.

The division of the House was triggered after Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun found those supporting and rejecting this via a voice vote to be indistinguishable.

“The results of the vote are as follows, not in attendance 20, do not agree, 95, agree 105,’’ Azhar announced after the division

He added that the aforementioned allocation was considered as adopted in Budget 2021

Unlike the policy stage voting for Budget 2021 last week, nearly all Opposition MPs had risen today when Azhar called for the division earlier. A minimum of 15 lawmakers must rise to trigger the division.

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