Guan Eng tables Budget 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has begun tabling the highly-anticipated Budget 2019 in Parliament.

Bernama reported that he earlier arrived at 3.54pm on Friday (Nov 2), flanked by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.  

There was a commotion in the Dewan Rakyat when opposition lawmakers jeered and booed Lim during his opening address when he thanked Malaysians for saving the nation from a kleptocratic government.

Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had earlier said everyone was full of hope and waiting for this year’s budget.  

“The question is whether the budget is achievable when even their manifesto has not been fulfilled. The people are watching,” he said in a tweet.