MPs skip lunch break to wrap up debates before Budget 2023 re-tabling


KUALA LUMPUR: In a rare move, Members of Parliament skipped their lunch break on Wednesday (Feb 22) in a race to wrap up debates before Budget 2023 is re-tabled in two days.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Johari Abdul did not make the usual announcement that the House would break for lunch from 1pm to 2.30pm.

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