[ad_1]
KUALA LUMPUR – The King of Malaysia on Wednesday (October 28) reiterated his call to MPs to “give full support” to the upcoming Budget 2021 to be presented on November 6.
The Palace said this in a statement after the king, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, met with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in the morning to receive information on the crucial supplies bill.
“Sultan Abdullah calls on MPs to respect His Majesty’s advice to end all political disputes and instead prioritize public welfare and national prosperity to ensure that the 2021 budget is passed smoothly,” he said. the Royal Comptroller Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin.
The king had rejected Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s controversial request for emergency powers on Sunday.
But despite the embarrassing setback for the prime minister, the ruler ordered politicians to stop undermining government stability amid a new coronavirus pandemic, which Sultan Abdullah said the Muhyiddin administration was handling well.
“Sultan Abdullah also expresses full confidence in Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s ability to lead the country during this time when the nation is being tested by various crises,” added Datuk Fadil.
The royal decree comes just two days after Umno, Muhyiddin’s biggest ally, held a series of marathon meetings to decide whether to continue supporting Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional pact, having repeatedly threatened to dismantle the slim majority of his government due to unhappiness with his Parti. Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.
The Perikatan Nasional (PN) pact has just 113 of the 222 members of the Lower House, and Umno supplies 39 of them.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the main opposition alliance, Pakatan Harapan (PH), will meet on Thursday to decide their strategy for the budget session of Parliament, and those who are aligned with the opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, still they intend to test Muhyiddin’s support.
“… the budget vote then becomes the only silver bullet the Opposition has to prove the legitimacy of the government. Therefore, we cannot just hand this silver bullet over to the prime minister for free, ”Subang Wong Chen MP from Datuk Seri Anwar’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) posted on Facebook.
“Instead, we should consider using this as a very important bargaining chip, to get some much-needed reforms to save democracy,” he added. “At the top of my list of democratic reforms is granting an unlimited right to the opposition to present a vote of no confidence in Parliament.”
Parliament Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun said on Wednesday that despite receiving more than 16 motions of no confidence against Tan Sri Muhyiddin, as well as motions of confidence from legislators of the ruling pact, they would not take priority over government affairs.
“There are many more important motions that we have received in addition to focusing on the upcoming presentation of the Budget 2021. We will organize them according to government business primarily,” Utusan Malaysia was quoted as saying by him.
If the government does not approve the spending for next year, Muhyiddin would have to resign, possibly triggering snap elections, as no other MP appears to be able to win a parliamentary majority.
PKR President Anwar has repeatedly claimed in the past month that he has a “strong, convincing and formidable majority” to form a new government, but has not been able to prove this claim.
[ad_2]
