Diverting the truck: Just as Hadi’s bill was about to be debated, it was moved down the list in Parliament’s Order Paper and several other government bills come up for deliberation instead.
A BLOC vote to pass a ministry’s allocation under Budget 2018 at the committee stage in Parliament turned chaotic as it made the cut by a mere one vote.
The vote was called by G. Manivanan (PKR-Kapar) just after Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin finished winding-up.
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