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1. There are nine days left for the first vote on the 2021 Budget and the battle lines are already being drawn, with PKR President Anwar Ibrahim accusing Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz of trying to wipe out the budget without participation of the opposition.
2. Tengku Zafrul warns that defeating the budget could mean that officials will not be paid, and this has also not sat well with DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang, who saw that as a threat to the opposition.
3. However, lawyer Haniff Khatri, who has acted on behalf of former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, said that a partial budget can still be submitted to ensure that essential components, such as employee salaries, can continue to be paid for. public workers.
4. PKR made it clear that the government cannot expect a blank check, despite the fact that Yang di-Pertuan Agong has asked all MPs to support the 2021 Budget.
5. While the opposition may have found common ground in the 2021 Budget, the relationship between them is becoming strained, with PKR poaching a member of the Amanah state assembly.
6. Parti Pejuang Tanah Air also disagrees with PKR after the first de facto The leader attacked Anwar’s ability to lead the country.
7. On the Covid-19 front, the country experienced a dramatic increase in new cases in Kuala Lumpur, overtaking Sabah, which had been the epicenter of the third wave.
8. Selangor also saw 185 new cases, 53 of which came from a cluster linked to workers in a glove factory. Workers who spoke with Malaysiakini expressed fear when going to work.
9. The pandemic is also affecting some patients, one of whom collapsed from three floors at the Kota Kinabalu Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, while another escaped from the hospital.
10. In a related event, Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing finally apologized for stating that the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, was “afraid of dying”.
11. On the international front, Malaysia finally signed a trade agreement involving, among others, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and New Zealand, after some eight years of negotiations.
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