Maria Chin Abdullah | YB, why do we need you in Parliament?
On Nov 11, 2014, a question was raised by Tony Pua (DAP-Petaling Jaya Utara) to Deputy Finance Minister Chua Tee Yong about Putrajaya’s letter of support for 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-linked commercial company, as well as a land deal for the relocation of defence units from land marked for the government development project, Bandar Malaysia.
In addition, a total of RM50.4 billion was allocated by the Finance Ministry under the 2015 Budget.
A good issue for debate, but what happened next was shocking although perhaps not unexpected! When Anthony Loke called for a bloc vote to stop the budget allocation, there were only 91 Members of Parliament (MPs) present at the parliament. The budget allocation was passed with 57 votes for and 34 against. Appallingly, this means that 131 MP were not even present in the Dewan Rakyat when the voting was carried out.
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