Finance Minister or deputies should attend budget debates in Parliament, says Azalina


File picture of Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz tabling Budget 2021 in the Dewan Rakyat on Nov 6.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Finance Minister or his deputies should attend Budget 2021 debates in Dewan Rakyat, says Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

"I agree with what YB R. S. N. Rayer (Jelutong-PH) said and I note that the Finance Minister (Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz) or his deputies should be present to listen," she said at the close of the Dewan Rakyat sitting on Wednesday (Nov 11).

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