KUALA LUMPUR: An eventful day is expected in Parliament on Tuesday (Dec 15) as Budget 2021 undergoes its third and final reading before it is voted on.
A small group of protestors gathered on the road leading to the Parliament building from about 8.30am, adding to the unfolding drama.
This comes after lawmakers are scheduled to wrap up debates and vote on the final two allocations for the Education and Higher Education ministries at the committee stage.
So far, allocations for 25 out 27 ministries have been passed at the committee stage.
The Opposition had called for bloc voting on allocations for more than five ministries, including the Finance Ministry and the Prime Minister s Department, but failed to garner sufficient votes each time.
Parliament reconvenes to complete business
December 14, 2020 Prof. Mike Oquaye
Parliament will today reconvene for the final lap of the third meeting of the fourth session as it prepares to be dissolved early next month.
The meeting, which commenced on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, was suspended on Saturday, November 7, for Members of Parliament (MPs) to round-off their campaigns for the general election held on December 7.
A notice of resumption issued by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, on November 30, said the House would resume sitting “notwithstanding anything to the contrary.”
The recall is in pursuant to Parliament’s Standing Order 6, which provides that “in all cases not provided for….Mr Speaker shall make provisions as he may deem fit.”