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Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim sure got plenty to say about our future Prime Minister in-waiting. He was talking to the media in Parliament about current Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak “dictator” ways of doing things.
He was referring to him rolling out a RM7 billion stimulus package which has not been tabled nor been approved by Parliament. The announcement by Najib in Parliament caught the opposition MPs by surprise and there was no chance for them to even discuss on it, as Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia had ruled that Najib’s proposals were not part of the Budget to be debated.
Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
“If he comes into the picture, everything will be clamped down. It has not been approved by Parliament. It has not even been tabled. The public is not even aware this is a problem as conveniently most mainstream newspapers have covered this up just to protect him. This is what we mean by arrogance of power, they control everything, dictate terms and monopolise the news and they can get away literally with murder. This means you can anticipate the type of administration under Najib. In the issue of tabling this revised budget, the fact is that it was not done according to procedures. If he says it will be disbursed in January, how do you disburse funds that have not been approved by Parliament? So I do not know from where, maybe from his savings. If you ask me what would I do in that position, last week after being told, I will just table it, what is the problem?
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