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PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan has urged Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to discuss Budget 2021 with the coalition before presenting it on November 6.
“The presidential council of Pakatan agrees with the King that it is important and serious that the 2021 Budget is discussed with the Opposition before it is presented to Parliament.
“Therefore, the Prime Minister must heed the King’s call by holding immediate discussions and negotiations with the Opposition regarding the 2021 Budget before it is presented to Parliament on November 6, so that it achieves the King’s objectives,” he said in a statement on Thursday (Oct 29).
This follows after Pakatan Harapan concluded his presidential council meeting after more than two hours at the PKR headquarters in Merchant Square here.
However, its leaders were silent regarding their support for the presentation of the Budget 2021 when reporters who gathered in Merchant Square from 3 p.m.
A press release was only issued to members of the media shortly after the meeting, which took place from 4 to 6.15 p.m.
Those present during the meeting were the leader of the opposition Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the president of Parti Amanah Negara, Mohamad Sabu, Khalid Abdul Samad, the secretary general of the DAP, Lim Guan Eng, Lim Kit Siang, among others.
PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil, when the reporters approached, also kept his lips closed on the meeting.
“Refer to the statement,” he said.
It was understood that Thursday’s meeting was called to deliberate on the Opposition’s decision on whether or not to support the 2021 Budget.
The King, on Wednesday (October 28) said that all parliamentarians, regardless of their political leanings, should stop fighting and give their full support to the 2021 Budget for the livelihood of the people and to help the recovery of the hit economy. by Covid-19.
The 2021 budget will see debates at the policy stage for almost two weeks and three days of ministerial responses, followed by the vote of parliamentarians on November 23 in Parliament.
Previously, the government sought to declare a state of emergency after a special Cabinet had taken into account, among other things, possible scenarios in the event that the Budget was defeated by the Opposition.
However, the King then decided not to declare a state of emergency, while reminding politicians to stop all forms of politicking that could disrupt the stability of the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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