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Speaker slams opposition in narrow Budget vote

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia today criticised the Pakatan Rakyat for taking advantage of missing Barisan Nasional lawmakers to try defeating the Budget 2010 last night.
Pandikar called it dishonourable to catch the government with ‘their pants down” during the third and final reading of the budget proposals before it goes to the Senate.
“The opposition should not have taken advantage of the situation when there wasn’t enough BN MPs,” he said when commenting on the narrow 66-63 approval for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s first Budget as prime minister.

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Anwar's motion to discuss drop in Petronas' revenue rejected

By: By Husna Yusop and Hemananthani Sivanadam at the Dewan Rakyat (Mon, 14 Dec 2009)

Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14, 2009): THE Dewan Rakyat today rejected a motion by Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR-Permatang Pauh) to discuss the 37.5% drop in Petronas' half-year revenue this year to RM98.2 billion from RM157.2 billion in the same period last year.

Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said although the issue was specific and of public importance, it was not urgent to be debated.

When his decision was questioned by several opposition MPs, Wan Junaidi said the government has considered the facts before drafting the 2010 Budget and Petronas has said it would be able to meet payments to the government.

He also said the House was rushing to approve the budget at committee stage and the issue could be brought up later when debating other bills.

In his motion, Anwar said that according to the Petronas financial report, the national oil company suffered a serious drop in revenue amounting to RM58 billion for the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year.

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