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KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional Backbenchers Club President Shahidan Kassim has cleared up reports about his criticism of former Prime Minister Najib Razak over the 2021 budget by saying he was actually targeting former Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.
“I didn’t mean to say that Pekan’s deputy was the one who rejected the budget.
“The opposition was the one who mocked me with shouts of ‘Pekan, Pekan’. I could have accidentally tried to correct them, but I meant the former health minister, ”he told FMT.
Earlier, while debating next year’s budget at the Dewan Rakyat, Arau’s deputy said that those who vote against the budget are betraying the trust of the rakyat.
Amid the voices of parliamentarians, he was heard saying that anyone who opposes the budget, including my friend Pekan (Pekan MP Najib Razak), is betraying the trust of the rakyat while people await his approval.
Shahidan said that if the former health minister rejects the Supply Law, it would mean that he was betraying the trust of the people, as those who have lost their jobs are waiting for the budget to be approved in order to receive assistance.
He added that like PN, the Barisan Nasional deputies are also united and will make a collective decision on the budget.
Shahidan said that MPs unanimously support the budget, because “we want to express our full support for the leadership of Muhyiddin Yassin.”
