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- Editor’s Note: This article previously indicated that Article 102 of the Federal Constitution had never been applied. This is wrong and has been corrected.
Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has issued dire warnings about the implications should the 2021 budget fail, but several opposition MPs have pointed out that this outlook was false.
MPs said Malaysiakini that if the 2021 Budget is not approved, article 102 of the Federal Constitution could be invoked to present a separate bill that authorizes essential expenses.
Essential spending could include the emoluments of public officials and health care expenses necessary to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
Talking to Malaysiakini, lawmakers from Amanah, PKR and DAP indicated that they would support such a bill if it omitted controversial Budget 2021 proposals such as the 85.5 million ringgit budget for the resurrection of the Department of Special Affairs (Jasa).
The first budget of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government could …
