Budget 2021 passed successfully

KUALA LUMPUR: It was a nail-biting end which saw Budget 2021 finally passed in the Dewan Rakyat despite a last-ditch effort by the opposition to derail it through a bloc vote. The RM322.5bil Budget, the largest in the nation’s history, was passed when 111 voted aye while 108 said nay with one absentee. There was drama at the end of the committee stage when Pokok Sena MP Datuk Mahfuz Omar stood up to call for a bloc vote right after Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz stood up to move a motion to table the Budget for the third and final reading.Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun then ordered the House bell to be rung for two minutes. The House then waited for 10 minutes for all MPs to come in before the bell was rung again to indicate the commencement of voting.