Your MP's Question of the Week #25

The National Budget, which is prepared by the Minister of Finance who is also the Prime Minister in our case on behalf of the Cabinet and presented to Parliament each year, is like a blueprint for the economic well-being of the country for the ensuing (generally speaking) 364 days of the year.

Its importance to the economic health and development of the nation is underscored by the fact that it is debated upon in Parliament come the next sitting, usually after a short weekend. This year that tradition has been severely broken and the true impact of this deliberate move has yet to reveal itself in the days to follow.

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Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim won by 15,671 votes majority

BREAKING NEWS!!! UPDATED, 10.00 p.m.: SPR officially announced that DSAI had won by 15,671 votes majority Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim got 31,195 votes Arif Shah got 15,524 votes The Permatang Pauh by-election, first and foremost, is about the policies of BN under Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi and the integrity of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim and … Read more