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KUALA LUMPUR: The budget allocation of three ministries, Works, Transport and Science, Technology and Innovation, passed through the commission stage yesterday.
The budget of the Ministry of Public Works was approved by voice vote, with 109 deputies supporting it, 94 against and 17 absent.
Anthony Loke (PH-Seremban) called for a block vote after Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong refused to answer his question on the review of the government’s decision to withdraw the cancellation of the cabotage exemption. for submarine cable maintenance work.
Wee had previously said that RM23 thousand would cover 30% of legal fees in the ongoing lawsuit regarding the downing of MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
“The government is spending this money because it is a Malaysian plane. We want those responsible to be brought to justice, ”he said in his closing speech.
The MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down during fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government troops, killing all 298 people on board. Then the ministry budget of RM6.05b was approved.
The budget of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation was also approved by voice vote at the committee level.
This means that there are five budgets approved with block voting so far and eight with votes by voice at the committee stage.
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