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NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly.
1. Pakatan Harapan lost two block votes during the Budget 2021 committee stage discussions.
2. Warisan rejects the bloc’s votes due to dissatisfaction with the leadership of PKR President Anwar Ibrahim, while Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah also does not vote in protest against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
3. Anwar questioned whether a budget increase for staff hired in the Prime Minister’s Department will be used for political appointments, which the government denied.
4. The government will consider declaring an emergency to postpone the Gerik and Bugaya by-elections if there is a risk of Covid-19.
5. Former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad stated that Gombak MP Azmin Ali harbors an ambition to become Prime Minister.
6. Bersatu Supreme Council Member Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof does not see any problem with a Deputy Prime Minister from Umno, but said the decision rests with Prime Minister Muhyiddin.
7. The Klang Valley region yesterday reported the highest number of new Covid-19 infections (43 percent) followed by Sabah (26.9 percent).
8. The Ministry of Health rejected the “green bubble” proposals from factories affected by Covid-19 to allow quarantined workers to continue working, but in specific areas without contact with unaffected workers.
9. Gardenia will increase the price of some of its products to cope with increased manufacturing and material costs.
