‘No Parliament sitting’


PETALING JAYA: The government has dismissed calls for an emergency sitting of Parliament to review the RM250bil economic stimulus package, saying there is an immediate danger of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan, who is in charge of Parliament, said with the country in a state of crisis, the government’s priority was ensuring the people’s welfare.

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